Comparative morphology of early larval instars of Aedes aegypti and A. seatoi in Thailand. Mosquito Syst

The chaetotaxy and structures of the head, thorax and abdominal seg-ments VIII and X of the first 3 instars of A&U aegqpti (Linnaeus) and An hUthi Huang, are tabulated and illustrated. Characters are tabulated that will permit identification of the 4 larval stages within each species and differentiate the first 3 larval instars of aegqp;ti and beti & A serial acquisition of certain thoracic setae is noted that will consistently sepa-rate second and third stage larvae of these species and at least two species in other genera, These setae will probably be very useful in deriving setal homologies, and may also represent a general character for differentiating second and third stage larvae