Abstract

A strain of Anopheles albimanus Wiedemann with a mutant character involving a dorsal white stripe on the thorax and abdomen of larvae, pupae and adults was selected from field populations originating in Haiti. Genetic crosses with a nonstriped strain indicated that the stripe character is controlled by a single semidominant autosomal gene, varying in expressivity in the heterozygote in width of the stripe and intensity of white pigmentation. Toxicological tests with dieldrin on the larvae provided evidence that the genes for stripe and dieldrin resistance are situated on the same chromosome.

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