Abstract
The variation in wing morphological features was investigated using geometric morphometric technique of the Sand Fly from two Iraqi provinces Babylon and Diyala . We distributed eleven landmarks on the wings of Sand Fly species. By using the centroid size and shape together, all species were clearly distinguished. It is clear from these results that the wing analysis is an essential method for future geometric morphometry studies to distinguish the species of Sand Flies in Iraq.
Highlights
Sand flies (Phlebotominae) is the main vector, of Leishmaniasis diseases, There are about 700 known species of the Sand Flies, but only a few act as vectors for these diseases, especially,of the Zoometric diseases
Depending to the few studies which have been conducted to distinguish the species of Sand Flies in Iraq, we distributed eleven landmarks on the wings of Sand Fly species
The specimens were collected from different regions of two Iraqi provinces : Diyala province from baquba, and Babylon province Mahaweel district to identify the different variations in the shape and size of wings and the distinction among these populations by using the geometric technique which depended on Landmark characteristics [5]; the method was followed in the preparation of glass slides of the wings[6]; 16 males were isolated in containers and left without feed until they died and dried
Summary
Sand flies (Phlebotominae) is the main vector, of Leishmaniasis diseases, There are about 700 known species of the Sand Flies, but only a few act as vectors for these diseases, especially ,,of the Zoometric diseases. The geometric scale of the virtual form of wings technique is used to find a variation in the form of insect wing communities population. Because this method is modern and sophisticated and is likely to be curious about most of the readers, but it is very useful to see how populations of insects match belonging to one species and facilitate the sterile insect technique that is applied (2,3 ). Depending to the few studies which have been conducted to distinguish the species of Sand Flies in Iraq, we distributed eleven landmarks on the wings of Sand Fly species
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