A Comparison of the Egg Surface Structure of Six Anthropophilic Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Lutzomyia) with the Scanning Electron Microscope (Diptera: Psychodidae)1

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Abstract
A scanning electron microscope was used to study the fine surface structures on the eggs of 6 species of anthropophilic phlebotomine sand flies: Lutzomyia panamensis, pessoana, L. sanguinaria, L. trapidoi, L. ylephiletor, and L. gomezi. These structures are illustrated and discussed.