Indian Journal of Entomology
Open Access
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2026
  • Volume: 88
  • Issue: 2

Biometrics of Some Culicidae Collected from two Wetlands Annaba (Lac Fetzara) and Semi-Arid (Oum El Bouaghi), Algeria

  • Author:
  • Zineb Dahchar1, Wafa Oudainia1, Habiba Gacem2,3,*
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 464 to 470

1Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, 23000, Algeria

2Higher Normal School of Technological Education of Skikda, 21000, Algeria

3Laboratory of Physical, Chemistry and Biology of Materials, Skikda, 21000, Algeria

*Email: ritadjbiba7@gmail.com (corresponding author):

Online published on 13 March, 2026.

Abstract

This work aims to conduct a comparative study of the biometrics of two species Orthpodomyia pulcripalpis and Culex laticinctus harvested from two ecologically and climatically different regions: Annaba (humid) and Oum El Bouaghi (semi-arid). The statistical analysis by multivariate variance (Manova) showed that there is a very highly significant difference in measurements for male and female adults of Orthpodomyia pulcripalpis. A very highly significant difference between female adults and larvae of Culex laticinctus from the two regions was revealed.

Keywords

Culicidae, Orthpodomyia pulcripalpis, Culex laticinctus, Systématics, Biodiversity, Morphométrics, Arid région, Semi-arid region, Toxicity, Female, Larvae