White larva, a mutant in the mosquito Toxorhynchites brevipalpis.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1978

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

38

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

563-565

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Hartberg, W. K., E. J. Gerberg and T. M. Hopkins.

 

Abstract

A recessive mutant is described in Toxorhynchites brevipalpis. The mutant, white larva (wl), exhibits complete penetrance, segregates independently of sex, and can be determined in the larvae and pupae of both males and females.

Notes

Author(s) - Hartberg, W. K., E. J. Gerberg and T. M. Hopkins.