Research Article
Comparison of Biological Attributes of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Populations from India
Table 3
Comparison of morphological characters of two populations of Culex quinquefasciatus.
| | Character | Culex quinquefasciatus | Culex quinquefasciatus
| | Gorakhpur | Pune | | Mean (SD) | Min–Max | Mean (SD) | Min–Max |
| | Comb scale | 33.72 (6.67) | 25–46 | 37.89 (7.12) | 26–50 | | Denticles on apical pecten tooth*† | 9.53 (0.75) | 8–10 | 10 (1.54) | 7–12 | | Pecten teeth | 4.90 (0.54) | 4–6 | 4.78 (0.43) | 4-5 | | Length of siphon* | 1.01 (0.12) | 0.74–1.12 | 1.07 (0.06) | 1.01–1.19 | | Width of siphon | 0.30 (0.03) | 0.27–0.38 | 0.31 (0.02) | 0.27–0.34 | | Siphon index | 3.30 (0.47) | 2.56–4 | 3.54 (0.46) | 2.94–4.4 | | Length of saddle*† | 0.35 (0.03) | 0.29–0.39 | 0.33 (0.02) | 0.29–0.36 | | Siphon/saddle ratio*† | 2.84 (0.36) | 2.04–3.22 | 3.24 (0.25) | 2.9–3.62 | | Length of anal gills* | 0.83 (0.07) | 0.72–0.9 | 0.69 (0.18) | 0.36–0.93 | | Width of anal gills | 0.11 (0.02) | 0.09–0.14 | 0.12 (0.03) | 0.09–0.18 | | Anal gill index*† | 7.78 (1.31) | 5.75–10 | 5.97 (1.25) | 4–8 |
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Significantly different -test .
Significantly different after Bonferroni correction (-test cutoff value after Bonferroni correction).
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