Anopheles perplexens from artificial containers and intermittently flooded swamps in northern Florida
Jensen, T.; Kaiser, P.E.; Fukuda, T.; Barnard, D.R.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 11(1): 141-144
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 8756-971X PMID: 7616182 Document Number: 452655
Anopheles perplexens was collected from habitats previously unreported for this species in northern Florida, USA. These habitats included intermittently flooded swamps, water-filled tyres and plastic oviposition cups. First-instar larvae were recovered from soil samples, collected in an intermittently flooded swamp, that were flooded in the laboratory, suggesting that A. perplexens eggs may survive in the soil during dry periods. Larvae were collected from water-filled tyres and plastic oviposition cups at sites near Gainesville. Of 30 dissected A. perplexens females collected in updraft CDC traps, all had ovarioles in S.R. Christopher's stage II and blood was absent in the midgut. The physiological state of these females indicates that updraft CDC traps collect predominantly host-seeking females and that females take one blood meal per gonotrophic cycle.