Karyotypes Of Some Asian Mosquitoes Of The Subfamily Culicinae (Diptera: Culicidae)1

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Abstract
The chromosome complements of the following 15 species of culicine mosquitoes were studied and illustrated: Aedes (Christophersiomyia) thomsoni (Theobald), Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse), Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus), Armigeres (Armigeres) subalbatus (Coquillett), Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus Wiedemann, Culex (Lutzia) raptor (Edwards), Culex (Culex) fuscocephala Theobald, Culex (Culex) pipiens fatigans Wiedemann, Culex (Culex) annulus Theobald, Culex (Culex) pseudovishnui Colless, Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, Culex (Culex) neolitoralis Bram, Culex (Culex) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, and Culex (Culex) gelidus Theobald. The chromosomes of 11 of these species had not previously been studied, and the subgenera Christophersiomyia and Lutzia were examined for the first time. The diploid chromosome number for all species examined was 6. No heteromorphic chromosomes were found in tissues from testis or ovary. While the karyotypes of 12 of these species were in conformity to previous work, i.e., chromosome 1 being considerably shorter than chromosome 2 and 3 with chromosome 2 approximating chromosome 3, new karyotypes for 3 species, C. (L.) fuscanus, C. (L.) raptor and C. (C.) gelidus, were described in which chromosome 2 is considerably shorter and approximates chromosome 1.

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