Table 1 Larvae-to-adult viability of the intraspecific offprings and hybrids between species of the Anopheles albitarsis complex
Crosses | Total of eggs N | Hatching N (%) | Pupation N (%) | Adult emergence N (%) | Alive (%) | Males N (%) | Females N (%) | M/F ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intraspecific | ||||||||
♂ALB × ♀ALB | 2128 | 887 (41.7) | 475 (53.6) | 392 (82.5) | (44.2) | 192 (49.0) | 200 (51.0) | 0.96 |
♂MAR × ♀MAR | 2733 | 1048 (38.3) | 258 (24.6)*** | 204 (79.1) | (19.5) | 85 (41.7) | 119 (58.3) | 0.71 |
Interspecific | ||||||||
♂ALB × ♀ MAR | 3812 | 2194 (57.6)*** | 861 (39.2)* | 740 (85.9) | (33.7) | 404 (54.6) | 336 (45.4) | 1.20 |
♂MAR × ♀ ALB | 2352 | 1057 (44.9) | 555 (52.5) | 406 (73.2) | (38.4) | 197 (48.5) | 209 (51.5) | 0.94 |
Backcrosses | ||||||||
♂ALB × ♀Hybrid A | 1479 | 143 (9.7)*** | 76 (53.1) | 57 (75.0) | (39.9) | 29 (50.9) | 28 (49.1) | 1.04 |
♂ALB × ♀Hybrid B | 2489 | 210 (8.4)*** | 111 (52.9) | 78 (70.3) | (37.1) | 39 (50.0) | 39 (50.0) | 1.00 |
♂Hybrid A × ♀ALB | 1823 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
♂Hybrid B × ♀ALB | 921 | 1 (0.001) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |