A video clip of the biting midge Culicoides anophelis ingesting blood from an engorged Anopheles mosquito in Hainan, China

BACKGROUND: Biting midges are hematophagus ectoparasites of insects, humans and other animals. Culicoides (Trithicoides) anophelis Edwards1922 is a predator of engorged mosquitoes. FINDINGS: In a field trip of wild mosquito collections, C. anophelis was found on two Anopheles mosquitoes. One mosquit...

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Autores principales: Ma, Yajun, Xu, Jiannong, Yang, Zhenzhou, Wang, Xiaohua, Lin, Zhongling, Zhao, Wei, Wang, Yan, Li, Xiangyu, Shi, Hua
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24499575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-326
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author Ma, Yajun
Xu, Jiannong
Yang, Zhenzhou
Wang, Xiaohua
Lin, Zhongling
Zhao, Wei
Wang, Yan
Li, Xiangyu
Shi, Hua
author_facet Ma, Yajun
Xu, Jiannong
Yang, Zhenzhou
Wang, Xiaohua
Lin, Zhongling
Zhao, Wei
Wang, Yan
Li, Xiangyu
Shi, Hua
author_sort Ma, Yajun
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description BACKGROUND: Biting midges are hematophagus ectoparasites of insects, humans and other animals. Culicoides (Trithicoides) anophelis Edwards1922 is a predator of engorged mosquitoes. FINDINGS: In a field trip of wild mosquito collections, C. anophelis was found on two Anopheles mosquitoes. One mosquito with a midge clinging onto its abdomen was caught on video demonstrating the act of the midge taking blood from the engorged mosquito Anopheles vagus. The midge C. anophelis has a broad host range. Documented in the literature, the midge has been found in various mosquito species in the genera Anopheles, Culex, Aedes and Armigeres. CONCLUSIONS: A video clip was presented demonstrating a midge taking blood from an engorged mosquito. The host promiscuity of C. anophelis raises a concern about its potential as a mechanic or biological vector to spread viruses among mosquito populations.
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spelling pubmed-38332892013-11-20 A video clip of the biting midge Culicoides anophelis ingesting blood from an engorged Anopheles mosquito in Hainan, China Ma, Yajun Xu, Jiannong Yang, Zhenzhou Wang, Xiaohua Lin, Zhongling Zhao, Wei Wang, Yan Li, Xiangyu Shi, Hua Parasit Vectors Short Report BACKGROUND: Biting midges are hematophagus ectoparasites of insects, humans and other animals. Culicoides (Trithicoides) anophelis Edwards1922 is a predator of engorged mosquitoes. FINDINGS: In a field trip of wild mosquito collections, C. anophelis was found on two Anopheles mosquitoes. One mosquito with a midge clinging onto its abdomen was caught on video demonstrating the act of the midge taking blood from the engorged mosquito Anopheles vagus. The midge C. anophelis has a broad host range. Documented in the literature, the midge has been found in various mosquito species in the genera Anopheles, Culex, Aedes and Armigeres. CONCLUSIONS: A video clip was presented demonstrating a midge taking blood from an engorged mosquito. The host promiscuity of C. anophelis raises a concern about its potential as a mechanic or biological vector to spread viruses among mosquito populations. BioMed Central 2013-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3833289/ /pubmed/24499575 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-326 Text en Copyright © 2013 Ma et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
spellingShingle Short Report
Ma, Yajun
Xu, Jiannong
Yang, Zhenzhou
Wang, Xiaohua
Lin, Zhongling
Zhao, Wei
Wang, Yan
Li, Xiangyu
Shi, Hua
A video clip of the biting midge Culicoides anophelis ingesting blood from an engorged Anopheles mosquito in Hainan, China
title A video clip of the biting midge Culicoides anophelis ingesting blood from an engorged Anopheles mosquito in Hainan, China
title_full A video clip of the biting midge Culicoides anophelis ingesting blood from an engorged Anopheles mosquito in Hainan, China
title_fullStr A video clip of the biting midge Culicoides anophelis ingesting blood from an engorged Anopheles mosquito in Hainan, China
title_full_unstemmed A video clip of the biting midge Culicoides anophelis ingesting blood from an engorged Anopheles mosquito in Hainan, China
title_short A video clip of the biting midge Culicoides anophelis ingesting blood from an engorged Anopheles mosquito in Hainan, China
title_sort video clip of the biting midge culicoides anophelis ingesting blood from an engorged anopheles mosquito in hainan, china
topic Short Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24499575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-326
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