| reduction of mosquito larval densities in natural sites after introduction of romanomermis culicivorax (nematoda:mermithidae) in cuba. | romanomermis culicivorax ross & smith became established in 4 of 6 treated sites and produced high levels of infection in anopheles albimanus wiedemann, culex atratus theobald, psorophora confinnis lynch-arribálzaga, and uranotaenia sapphirina oster-sacken mosquitoes for 9 wk in 1993. mean levels of southern house mosquito parasitism ranged from 82 to 83% for culex quinquefasciatus say, at 2 sites, from 89 to 95% for an. albimanus at 4 sites, and from 78 to 80% at 2 sites for cx. atratus, ps. co ... | 1997 | 9086702 |
| oviposition strategies of florida culex (melanoconion) mosquitoes. | in the genus culex, oviposition is often generalized as laying floating egg rafts directly on the surface of the water, as reported for arbovirus vectors culex pipiens l. and culex tarsalis coquillett, both members of subgenus culex. the current work reports on investigations of exceptions to this strategy by species of melanoconion, a diverse and mostly tropical subgenus of culex, with many arbovirus vectors. wild gravid females from vero beach, fl, were introduced into outdoor cages with open ... | 2017 | 28402498 |