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Altitudinal variations in wing morphology of Aedes albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Albania, the region where it was first recorded in Europe

The rapid spread and settlement of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes across at least 28 countries in Europe, as well as several countries in Asia Minor, the Middle East and Africa, has made it one of the most invasive species of all time. Even though the biology of Ae. albopictus in its native tropical en...

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Autores principales: Prudhomme, Jorian, Velo, Enkelejda, Bino, Silvia, Kadriaj, Perparim, Mersini, Kujtim, Gunay, Filiz, Alten, Bulent
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6729119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31489838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019053
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author Prudhomme, Jorian
Velo, Enkelejda
Bino, Silvia
Kadriaj, Perparim
Mersini, Kujtim
Gunay, Filiz
Alten, Bulent
author_facet Prudhomme, Jorian
Velo, Enkelejda
Bino, Silvia
Kadriaj, Perparim
Mersini, Kujtim
Gunay, Filiz
Alten, Bulent
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description The rapid spread and settlement of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes across at least 28 countries in Europe, as well as several countries in Asia Minor, the Middle East and Africa, has made it one of the most invasive species of all time. Even though the biology of Ae. albopictus in its native tropical environment has been documented for a long time, the biology and ecology of this species in newly colonized temperate environments remain poorly known despite its important role as a vector for about twenty arboviruses. In this context, the main goals of this work were to investigate Ae. albopictus phenotypic variations at a local scale in Albania, the country where Ae. albopictus was first recorded in Europe, and to determine if its phenotypes could be affected by altitude. Analysis of Ae. albopictus wing phenotypes was performed using a geometric morphometric approach. We observed shape and size variations among altitudinal populations of Ae. albopictus. Differences of wing phenotypes were highlighted between altitude groups for male and female mosquitoes. The phenotypic variations observed in Ae. albopictus between altitudinal groups indicated these populations are exposed to environmental and ecological pressures. These results suggest the presence of phenotypic plasticity in this species.
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spelling pubmed-67291192019-09-19 Altitudinal variations in wing morphology of Aedes albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Albania, the region where it was first recorded in Europe Prudhomme, Jorian Velo, Enkelejda Bino, Silvia Kadriaj, Perparim Mersini, Kujtim Gunay, Filiz Alten, Bulent Parasite Research Article The rapid spread and settlement of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes across at least 28 countries in Europe, as well as several countries in Asia Minor, the Middle East and Africa, has made it one of the most invasive species of all time. Even though the biology of Ae. albopictus in its native tropical environment has been documented for a long time, the biology and ecology of this species in newly colonized temperate environments remain poorly known despite its important role as a vector for about twenty arboviruses. In this context, the main goals of this work were to investigate Ae. albopictus phenotypic variations at a local scale in Albania, the country where Ae. albopictus was first recorded in Europe, and to determine if its phenotypes could be affected by altitude. Analysis of Ae. albopictus wing phenotypes was performed using a geometric morphometric approach. We observed shape and size variations among altitudinal populations of Ae. albopictus. Differences of wing phenotypes were highlighted between altitude groups for male and female mosquitoes. The phenotypic variations observed in Ae. albopictus between altitudinal groups indicated these populations are exposed to environmental and ecological pressures. These results suggest the presence of phenotypic plasticity in this species. EDP Sciences 2019-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6729119/ /pubmed/31489838 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019053 Text en © J. Prudhomme et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2019 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Prudhomme, Jorian
Velo, Enkelejda
Bino, Silvia
Kadriaj, Perparim
Mersini, Kujtim
Gunay, Filiz
Alten, Bulent
Altitudinal variations in wing morphology of Aedes albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Albania, the region where it was first recorded in Europe
title Altitudinal variations in wing morphology of Aedes albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Albania, the region where it was first recorded in Europe
title_full Altitudinal variations in wing morphology of Aedes albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Albania, the region where it was first recorded in Europe
title_fullStr Altitudinal variations in wing morphology of Aedes albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Albania, the region where it was first recorded in Europe
title_full_unstemmed Altitudinal variations in wing morphology of Aedes albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Albania, the region where it was first recorded in Europe
title_short Altitudinal variations in wing morphology of Aedes albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Albania, the region where it was first recorded in Europe
title_sort altitudinal variations in wing morphology of aedes albopictus (diptera, culicidae) in albania, the region where it was first recorded in europe
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6729119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31489838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019053
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