A laboratory rearing method for <i>Porina</i>

Trial of a quantified mass rearing method for Toxorhynchites splendens.

In recent years there has been considerable interest in laboratory rearing of Toxorhynchites mosquitoes for use as biological control agents (Vongtangswad and Trpis 1980) and foi the assay of dengue viruses (Eshita et al. 1982). Although larvae of these mosquitoes are cannibalistic (Steffan and Evenhuis 1981), mass rearing methods have been described for some species which have yielded pupation...

Introducing a Method for Achieving Standardization and Harmonization in Clinical and Research Laboratory Centers

Abstract Background and Objective: Proficiency testing schemes as a part of quality system in clinical and research laboratory centers provides the opportunity to evaluate the quality of test results. In this paper, we try to introduce the proficiency testing schemes as a useful method for achieving standardization and homogenization of test results in clinical and research laboratory center...

Voltinism and Laboratory Rearing of Microvelia Hinei (heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae)

Voltinism in Microvelia hinei was studied in southern Illinois during 1989 and 1990. This species apparently overwintered as adults, which became active in late April; adults were last collected in late September. First instars were found from mid-May to late June, second instars from early-May to late October, third instars from mid-May to mid-July, fourth instars from mid-May to mid-August, a...

Large-scale rearing of Glossina longipennis in the laboratory.

Glossina longipennis occurs in arid habitats of eastern Africa including Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania (Ford and Katondo, 1977; Moloo, 1985). It feeds on a range of vertebrate hosts including man, warthog, giraffe, buffalo, elephant, rhinoceros, dog, cat, hyaena, aardvark and ostrich; but buffalo, elephant and rhinoceros are its favoured hosts (Weitz, 1963). It is a vecto...

Studies in laboratory rearing of Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say.