Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Acta Trop. 2020 Jan;201:105207. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105207. Epub 2019 Oct 2.
A gynandromorph of Culex sitiens Wiedemann (Diptera: Culicidae) was attracted to a human during a mosquito surveillance programme conducted in Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia on July 20, 2019. Gynandromorphism was observed in antennae, maxillary palps, legs and wings of the specimen, with distinct male characters on the left and female characters on the right, though the left maxillary palp is slightly shorter than the proboscis of a typical male. The abdomen, however, displays well-developed male genitalia. This study represents the first report of oblique gynandromorphism in Cx. sitiens, one of the vectors of Japanese encephalitis in Asia.
2019 年 7 月 20 日，在马来西亚彭亨州关丹Lipis 进行的蚊虫监测计划中，一只斜向性雌雄嵌合体库蚊（Culex sitiens Wiedemann）（双翅目：蚊科）被人类吸引。该标本的触角、下颚须、腿和翅膀出现雌雄嵌合体现象，左侧具有明显的雄性特征，右侧具有明显的雌性特征，尽管左侧下颚须略短于典型雄性的喙。然而，腹部显示出发育良好的雄性生殖器。本研究首次报道了亚洲日本脑炎传播媒介之一的库蚊中的斜向性雌雄嵌合体。
