[Tsetse fly wings, an identity card of the insect?]. / Les ailes de glossines, une carte d'identité de l'insecte?
Parasite
; 9(3): 275-81, 2002 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-12375372
ABSTRACT
The size of tsetse flies is often associated with population dynamics and vectorial capacity parameters. Adult fly size is generally estimated from measurements of wing segments. To take measure of the wing, a semi-automatic software was developed by CIRAD-EMVT and IRD. It was used in wild populations of Glossina tachinoides Westwood and G. palpalis gambiensis Vanderplank (Diptera Glossinidae) trapped near Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. From an numeric picture of the wing, the software calculates the length of vein segments, the ratios between these lengths, the surface of the tsetse characteristic "hatchet cell", and the greyness on the wings. The data were interesting at the level of taxonomy. In addition, they help specify physiological characteristics of the studied populations.
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Assunto principal:
Asas de Animais
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Moscas Tsé-Tsé
Limite:
Animals
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Fr
Ano de publicação:
2002
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