The killifish Rivulus marmoratus: a potential biocontrol agent for Aedes taeniorhynchus and brackish water Culex.

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  • D S Taylor
  • S A Ritchie
  • E Johnson
چکیده

In the laboratory, newly hatched fry of Rivulus marmoratus were effective predators on 1st-instar Aedes taeniorhynchus. Adult fish consumed 4th-instar Ae. taeniorhynchus and egg rafts of Culex quinquefasciatus at a rate increasing with standard length of the fish. Predation of Rivulus marmoratus on Ae. taeniorhynchus larvae in the field was documented by observing the passage of larval/pupal remains through the gut. Laboratory reared fish released at known Ae. taeniorhynchus breeding sites survived over 1.5 years, but did not reproduce.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

دوره 8 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1992