Size and shape variations in wing morphology of Anopheles maculipennis s.s. Meigen, 1818 (Diptera: Culicidae) from northeastern Turkey

Anopheles maculipennis Meigen, 1818 (Diptera: Culicidae) complex was discovered as the first sibling species among mosquito and identified a highly important malaria vector in Middle East Europe. s.s. is nominotypical member of complex, widely spread across whole Body size shape are most characters organisms related to numerous variables. Biological may be affected by altitude altitudinal differences. In this study, variation wing An. populations collected from four sampling stations Iğdır Province (Mürşitali, Sürmeli, Yukarıçıyrıklı Zülfikarköy) two Kars (Kötek Kozlu) at different altitudes habitats northeastern Turkey 2019 were investigated. It assumed that environmental differences with affect (body) or This comparative geometric morphometric study results indicate some populations. While centroid did not show linear association altitude, samples highest population had larger wings than other