The Mosquitoes of Illinois (Diptera, Culicidae)
Mosquitoes are midgelike insects of various sizes, some of them minute, some of them nearly a half inch long. They belong to the family Culicidae, which belongs to the order Diptera, embracing the common housefly and other two-winged flies. Mosquitoes have aquatic larvae called wiggle-tails, wigglers, or wrigglers, which transform to aquatic pupae ...
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A study of Spissipes Section of Culex (Melanoconion) adults behaviour was carried out from August 1992 through December 1993 in human dominated (anthropic) environment in the Ribeira Valley, S.Paulo State, Brazil.
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini+4 more
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Colonization of the Floodwater Mosquito, Psorophora Howardii Coq. (Diptera: Culicidae)1 [PDF]
P. T. M. Lum, William R. Horsfall
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Natural history of Belonuchus Nordmann spp. and allies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Heliconia L. (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae) flower bracts [PDF]
Adults, and in some species larvae, of several members of Belonuchus Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) and a few related genera seem to be to various degrees consistently associated with flower bracts of the genus Heliconia ...
Barrera, Roberto, Frank, J. Howard
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A Simple Method for Sexing Living Anopheles Larvae (Diptera, Culicidae) [PDF]
Jack Colvard Jones
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Conspecific and allospecific larval extracts entice mosquitoes to lay eggs and may be used in attract-and-kill control strategy. [PDF]
One of the strategies of integrated vector management is to lure gravid mosquitoes for surveillance purposes or to entice them to lay eggs in water containing toxins that kill the offspring (attract-and-kill or trap-and-kill).
Barbosa, Rosângela MR+4 more
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The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a major threat to public health because it spreads several arboviruses. Since this insect is an anthropophilic mosquito that has evolved to thrive in urban settings and is common in Brazil and other tropical nations ...
G.J. Nascimento+4 more
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The Larval Morphology and Chaetotaxy of the Culex Subgenus Melanoconion (Diptera, Culicidae)1 [PDF]
Richard H. Foote
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Identification and Frequency Distribution of Mosquito Species in Port Sudan, Eastern Sudan
Background and Objective: This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the presence and frequency distribution of mosquito species in the city of Port Sudan, Sudan.
Huda Jomma Elkheer Jomma+1 more
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Avaliação da influência da temperatura sobre o desenvolvimento de Aedes albopictus
OBJETIVO: Verificar a influência da temperatura sobre os estágios de desenvolvimento de Aedes albopictus sob condições de laboratório. MÉTODOS: Foi avaliado o período de desenvolvimento dos estágios de ovo, larva e pupa em quatro temperaturas constantes ...
Daniéla Cristina Calado+1 more
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