[HTML][HTML] Geometric morphometrics in mosquitoes: What has been measured?

C Lorenz, F Almeida, F Almeida-Lopes… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The field of morphometrics is develo** quickly. Recent advances have enabled geometric
techniques to be applied to many zoological problems, particularly those involving …

[HTML][HTML] Systematics and diversity of Neotropical ants

F Fernandez, RJ Guerrero… - Revista Colombiana de …, 2021 - scielo.org.co
With a long history of more than 100 million years and about 14,000 described living
species, ants are one of the most important and well-known groups of insects in the world …

Mosquito populations dynamics associated with climate variations

ABB Wilke, AR Medeiros-Sousa, W Ceretti-Junior… - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Mosquitoes are responsible for the transmission of numerous serious pathogens. Members
of the Aedes and Culex genera, which include many important vectors of mosquito-borne …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial Neural Network applied as a methodology of mosquito species identification

C Lorenz, AS Ferraudo, L Suesdek - Acta Tropica, 2015 - Elsevier
There are about 200 species of mosquitoes (Culicidae) known to be vectors of pathogens
that cause diseases in humans. Correct identification of mosquito species is an essential …

Wing sexual dimorphism of pathogen-vector culicids

F Virginio, P Oliveira Vidal, L Suesdek - Parasites & Vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background Sexual dimorphism in animals has been studied from different perspectives for
decades. In 1874 Darwin hypothesized that it was related to sexual selection, and even after …

The influence of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure and diversity of the malaria vector Anopheles cruzii (Diptera: Culicidae)

LC Multini, ALS de Souza, MT Marrelli, ABB Wilke - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Fragmentation of natural environments as a result of human interference has been
associated with a decrease in species richness and increase in abundance of a few species …

[HTML][HTML] Microevolution of medically important mosquitoes–A review

L Suesdek - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
This review intends to discuss central issues regarding the microevolution of mosquito
(Culicidae) vectors of several pathogens and how this process impacts vector biology …

Phylogenetic and phenotypic relationships of the Triatoma sordida subcomplex (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

T Belintani, J Oliveira, H Pinotti, LA Silva, KCC Alevi… - Acta Tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
Chagas disease, whose etiological agent is the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, affects
millions of people worldwide and it is mainly transmitted by infected triatomine feces …

Entomological parameters and population structure at a microgeographic scale of the main Colombian malaria vectors Anopheles albimanus and Anopheles …

M Altamiranda-Saavedra, N Naranjo-Díaz, JE Conn… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Population subdivision among several neotropical malaria vectors has been widely
evaluated; however, few studies have analyzed population variation at a microgeographic …

Drivers of molecular and morphometric variation in Triatoma brasiliensis (Hemiptera: Triatominae): the resolution of geometric morphometrics for populational …

EH Kamimura, MC Viana, M Lilioso, FHM Fontes… - Parasites & vectors, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi circulates in semiarid areas of
northeastern Brazil in distinct ecotopes (sylvatic, peridomestic and domestic) where …