Colonization of Culex nigripalpus theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) by stimulation of mating using males of other mosquito species

Knight, J.W.; Nayar, J.K.

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 15(1): 72-73

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 8756-971X
PMID: 10342273
Document Number: 506999
Culex nigripalpus Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) was recolonized successfully by cohabiting Aedes taeniorhynchus males or males of other mosquito species starting in a large outdoor cage under natural light-dark cycles and temperatures and ending in a 1-ft.3 cage under artificial light-dark cycles at 24degreeC without added stimulation.

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