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The Assessment of Morphometric Variation of Aedes aegypti Larvae with the Seasonal Environment Temperature Inversion in Selected Areas of Lahore, Pakistan

The Assessment of Morphometric Variation of Aedes aegypti Larvae with the Seasonal Environment Temperature Inversion in Selected Areas of Lahore, Pakistan

Muhammad Ahsan Riaz1, Ayesha Riaz2, Muhammad Asif Mahmood3, Muhammad Uzair Mukhtar3*, Zaib Un Nisa1, Beenish Ijaz4 and Muhammad Shahid Rasool5

1Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
2Department of Zoology, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
3Department of Medical Entomology and Parasitology, Institute of Public Health, Lahore, Pakistan.
4Sustainable Development Study Centre, Government College University Lahore, Pakistan.
5Department of Environment Sciences, National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Pakistan.
 
Corresponding author: Muhammad Uzair Mukhtar
uzairvetdoc@yahoo.com

Figure 1:

Body features of Ae. aegypti larvae (a) head length, (b) head width (c) abdominal length (d) abdominal width (e) thoracic length (f) thoracic width (g) total length. All data are expressed as means ± standard deviation (SD). The significance represented as ns P > 0.05, *P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001 in Southwest Monsoon and Retreating Monsoon.

Figure 2:

Variation in different climatic factors (minimum and maximum monthly temperatures, average rainfall and days per month, and average relative humidity) in Lahore.

Punjab University Journal of Zoology

December

Vol.38, Iss. 2, Pages 137-236

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