Effect of food on immature development, consumption rate, and relative growth rate of Toxorhynchites splendens (Diptera: Culicidae), a predator of container breeding mosquitoes

Effect of food on immature development, consumption rate, and relative growth rate of Toxorhynchites splendens (Diptera: Culicidae), a predator of container breeding mosquitoes

Food utilization by the larvae of Toxorhynchites splendens (Wiedemann) was studied in the laboratory by offering larvae of Aedes aegypti Linnaeus, Anopheles stephensi (Liston), and Culex quinquefasciatus (Say). Quantitative analyses of data indicated that immature development was significantly faste...

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Main Authors: D Dominic Amalraj, N Sivagnaname, PK Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2005-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
mosquito prey
predator
immature duration
consumption rate
relative growth rate
Toxorhynchites splendens
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762005000800012

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