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Three-dimensionality of the male genitalia shape and species identification in the mosquito genus Aedes Meigen, 1818 (Diptera, Culicidae)

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The significance of the 3D-shape of the mosquito male genitalia is demonstrated in the species of the genus Aedes (Diptera, Culicidae) as an example. Differences between the real 3D-shape of the male genitalia and traditional 2D pictures obtained during examination of balsam slides are revealed. Original descriptions of 3D-shaped coxites, claspettes, lobes of tergite IX, and proctiger in 30 species of the subgenus Ochlerotatus are given. This study allowed finding new diagnostic characters, including the basic 3D-shape of the basal lobe of the coxite, of the claspette filament, and of some other structures.

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Khalin, 2009, published in Parazitologiya, 2009, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 389–410.

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Khalin, A.V. Three-dimensionality of the male genitalia shape and species identification in the mosquito genus Aedes Meigen, 1818 (Diptera, Culicidae). Entmol. Rev. 90, 511–532 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873810040111

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