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Cuticular hydrocarbons ofAedes hendersoni cockerell andA. triseriatus (SAY)

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Field-caught adult male and femaleAedes hendersoni are difficult to distinguish from the sibling speciesA. triseriatus. We found that mosquitoes from the same sex of the sibling species can not be readily separated either by unique cuticular hydrocarbon components or by differences in percent composition of those components. Multivariate analysis of the cuticular hydrocarbon data does not provide good separation. Cuticular hydrocarbons were identified using gas chromatography electron-impact mass spectrometry and gas chromatography chemical-ionization mass spectrometry. Flame-ionization capillary gas chromatography was used for quantitative analysis of individual mosquitoes. Sixty-four hydrocarbons with chain lengths from C16 to greater than C46 were common to both species. Identified hydrocarbon components weren-alkanes, monomethylalkanes, dimethylalkanes, trimethylalkanes, and alkenes.

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    Carol D. Pappas, Betty J. Bricker, Joan A. Christen & Sheri A. Rumbaugh

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Pappas, C.D., Bricker, B.J., Christen, J.A. et al. Cuticular hydrocarbons ofAedes hendersoni cockerell andA. triseriatus (SAY). J Chem Ecol 20, 1121–1136 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02059748

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