Morphometric analysis of sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), Sergentomyia anodontis Quate and Fairchild, 1961, populations in caves of southern Thailand

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
• Main Authors: Nattapong Maneeroth, Nawee Noonanant, Kanaphot Thongkhao, Theerakamol Pengsakul
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020
• Subjects: morphometric analysis; leishmaniasis; sergentomyia anodontis; canonical discriminant analysis; southern thailand; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Nakhon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.290586; https://doaj.org/article/952bc2b88c3d4d97a584d4727bc0601c

Objective: To determine the morphological characteristics of variations in populations of female adult sand fly, Sergentomyia anodontis Quate and Fairchild, 1961 in caves in southern Thailand using morphometric analysis. Methods: A total of 107 female Sergentomyia anodontis were isolated from 651 sa...