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Standardized Laboratory Feeding of Larval Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae)
The Asian bush mosquito (Aedes japonicus japonicus, Theobald 1901) is an invasive culicid species which originates in Asia but is nowadays present in northern America and Europe. It is a competent vector for several human disease pathogens. In addition to the public health threat, this invasive spec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4626676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26452522 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iev126 |
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author | Bock, Friederike Kuch, Ulrich Pfenninger, Markus Müller, Ruth |
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description | The Asian bush mosquito (Aedes japonicus japonicus, Theobald 1901) is an invasive culicid species which originates in Asia but is nowadays present in northern America and Europe. It is a competent vector for several human disease pathogens. In addition to the public health threat, this invasive species may also be an ecological threat for native container-breeding mosquitoes which share a similar larval habitat. Therefore, it is of importance to gain knowledge on ecological and eco-toxicological features of the Asian bush mosquito. However, optimal laboratory feeding conditions have not yet been established. Standardized feeding methods will be needed in assessing the impact of insecticides or competitional strength of this species. To fill this gap, we performed experiments on food quality and quantity for Ae. j. japonicus larvae. We found out that the commercial fish food TetraMin (Tetra, Melle, Germany) in a dose of 10 mg per larva is the most suitable food tested. We also suggest a protocol with a feeding sequence of seven portions for all larval stages of this species. |
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spelling | pubmed-46266762015-11-13 Standardized Laboratory Feeding of Larval Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) Bock, Friederike Kuch, Ulrich Pfenninger, Markus Müller, Ruth J Insect Sci Research The Asian bush mosquito (Aedes japonicus japonicus, Theobald 1901) is an invasive culicid species which originates in Asia but is nowadays present in northern America and Europe. It is a competent vector for several human disease pathogens. In addition to the public health threat, this invasive species may also be an ecological threat for native container-breeding mosquitoes which share a similar larval habitat. Therefore, it is of importance to gain knowledge on ecological and eco-toxicological features of the Asian bush mosquito. However, optimal laboratory feeding conditions have not yet been established. Standardized feeding methods will be needed in assessing the impact of insecticides or competitional strength of this species. To fill this gap, we performed experiments on food quality and quantity for Ae. j. japonicus larvae. We found out that the commercial fish food TetraMin (Tetra, Melle, Germany) in a dose of 10 mg per larva is the most suitable food tested. We also suggest a protocol with a feeding sequence of seven portions for all larval stages of this species. Oxford University Press 2015-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4626676/ /pubmed/26452522 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iev126 Text en © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Entomological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Research Bock, Friederike Kuch, Ulrich Pfenninger, Markus Müller, Ruth Standardized Laboratory Feeding of Larval Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) |
title | Standardized Laboratory Feeding of Larval Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) |
title_full | Standardized Laboratory Feeding of Larval Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) |
title_fullStr | Standardized Laboratory Feeding of Larval Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) |
title_full_unstemmed | Standardized Laboratory Feeding of Larval Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) |
title_short | Standardized Laboratory Feeding of Larval Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) |
title_sort | standardized laboratory feeding of larval aedes japonicus japonicus (diptera: culicidae) |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4626676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26452522 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iev126 |
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