Figure 1. Culex quinquefasciatus A) Female, B) Male

Figure 2. Plots of Culex quinquefasciatus used in the present study superimposed on the reference configuration using affine generalized resistant fit analysis. The reference configuration is shown with lines.

Figure 3. Plots of last three principal warps as displacement deformation equally for x and y coordinates (Alpha = 1)

Figure 4. Plots of the relative warp loadings (Alpha = 1) and the grid of the wings superimposed in the reference configuration based on affine generalised resistant fit (Alpha = 1)

Figure 5. Plots of first two relative warps (based on Alpha = 1) shown both as Thin – plate spline for positive and negative displacements along the first relative warp axes showing the net arrangement of land marks. (Alpha = 1)

Figure 6. Ordination by the non-affine shape 1st , 2nd and 3rd components for Culex quinquefasciatus male and females (Alpha = 1)

Figure 7. Plots of last three principal warps as displacement vector equally for x and y coordinates (Alpha = 0)

Figure 8 Plots of the relative warp loadings (Alpha = 0) and the grid of the wings superimposed in the reference configuration based on affine generalised resistant fit (Alpha = 0)

Figure 9. Plots of first two relative warps (based on Alpha = o) shown both as Thin – plate spline for positive and negative displacements along the first relative warp axes showing the net arrangement of land marks. (Alpha = 0)

Figure 10. Ordination by the non-affine shape 1st , 2nd and 3rd components for Culex quinquefasciatus male and females (Alpha = 0).

Figure 11. The non – affine deformation for the comparison between Cluex quinquefasciatus male and female

Figure 12. Polygons formed on the projection of male and female wings on to the MANCOVA variables 1 and 2.