INFLUENCE OF ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOTOPES ON CHROMOSOMAL STRUCTURE OF LARVAE OF A MALARIA MOSQUITO ANOPHELESMESSEAE (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE)

Abstract

Infl uence of a number of ecological characteristics
of bodies of water (temperature, pH, conductivity, salts
and oxygen dissolved in water) on chromosomal structure of
larvae of a malaria mosquito Anophelesmesseae (Diptera,
Culicidae) is studied. Limits of variation in the ecological parameters
under study in the breeding places on the territory of
the European part of Russia are defi ned. Negative correlation
between the amount of the dissolved oxygen and frequencies
of inversion genotypes XL00 (XL0), XL01, 2R00 of males and
females of An.messeae is found. A relation between the value
of pH and a share of females with XL00 and XL01 genotypes
is established.