Navneet Kaur and D.S. Deep
Abstract
The Scanning Electron Microscopic study has been conducted on fourth larval instar of Culex quinquefasciatus Say. The mosquito is cosmopolitan throughout tropical and subtropical regions on earth and a main vector of lymphatic filariasis. The study includes the description of chaetotaxy (arrangement of hairs/Setae) on head, abdominal segment VIII and Siphon. Morphological description of spiracular apparatus on siphon and additional important species-specific characters on abdominal segment VIII and X have also been considered.