Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil 1500, Butantã, São Paulo, SP CEP 0553-900, Brazil; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 1374, Butantã, São Paulo, SP CEP 05508-900, Brazil.
Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil 1500, Butantã, São Paulo, SP CEP 0553-900, Brazil.
Infect Genet Evol. 2017 Oct;54:205-215. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2017.06.029. Epub 2017 Jun 30.
The field of morphometrics is developing quickly. Recent advances have enabled geometric techniques to be applied to many zoological problems, particularly those involving epidemiologically-relevant mosquitoes. Herein, we briefly introduce geometric morphometric (GM) techniques and then review selected groups of mosquitoes (Culicidae) to which those techniques have been applied. In most of the reviewed cases, GM was capable of satisfactorily discriminating among the tested groups primarily when the studies considered differences within and among species, sexual dimorphism, treatments and the separation of laboratory strains. Although GM approaches have developed quite rapidly, some caution must be taken during data processing for a reliable biometrical approach, such as allometry and asymmetry analyses, scale removal and wing clarification staining for landmark digitization. We also critically forecast directions in this field and discuss how the creation of image databases should enhance species identification in culicids.
形态计量学领域发展迅速。最近的进展使几何技术能够应用于许多动物学问题，特别是那些与流行病学相关的蚊子问题。在此，我们简要介绍几何形态计量学（GM）技术，然后回顾已应用于这些技术的一些蚊子（蚊科）群体。在大多数审查案例中，当研究考虑种内和种间差异、性二态性、处理和实验室品系分离时，GM 能够令人满意地对测试组进行区分。尽管 GM 方法发展得相当迅速，但在进行可靠的生物计量学分析（如比较生长分析和不对称分析、去除比例和澄清翅膀进行地标数字化）时，在数据处理过程中必须谨慎。我们还批判性地预测了该领域的发展方向，并讨论了如何创建图像数据库来增强对蚊科物种的识别。
