Aedes aegypti: egg morphology and embryonic development

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Comparative analysis between the morphometric findings of Aedes aegypti eggs identified in this research and the results of Suman et al. [23], Linley [19], and Faull and Williams [24]

	Ae. aegypti^a*	Ae. aegypti^b**	Ae. aegypti^c	Ae. aegypti^d	Ae. aegypti^e***	Ae. aegypti^f****
Length	581.45 ± 39.73	580.09 ± 32.30	625.65 ± 19.91	670.2 ± 7.2	554.41 ± 36.56	562.62 ± 30.85
Width	175.36 ± 11.59	166.75 ± 19.76	183.30 ± 11.04	186.3 ± 2.2	167.65 ± 7.05	160.15 ± 9.73
Length/width	3.32 ± 0.26	3.51 ± 0.35	–	3.61 ± 0.05	3.31 ± 0.18	3.52 ± 0.27
Diameter of micropylar disc	18.75 ± 1.92	20.79 ± 1.94	–	–	33.49 ± 3.9	34.19 ± 5.4

^aEgg population of São Paulo, ^bEgg population of Maranhão, ^cEgg population found by Suman et al [23], ^dEgg popultaion found by Linley et al [23], ^eEgg populations of Cairns-Australia found by Faull and WIlliams [24], **** Egg population of Charters Towers-Australia found by Faull and Williams [24]

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