Species Aedes japonicus - Asian Rock Pool Mosquito
The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence. By Kraemer et al.
Scientific Data 2: 150035., 2015
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Kraemer et al. 2015. The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence. Scientific Data 2: 150035.
Abstract
Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are the main vectors transmitting dengue and chikungunya viruses. Despite being pathogens of global public health importance, knowledge of their vectors’ global distribution remains patchy and sparse. A global geographic database of known occurrences of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus between 1960 and 2014 was compiled. Herein we present the database, which comprises occurrence data linked to point or polygon locations, derived from peer-reviewed literature and unpublished studies including national entomological surveys and expert networks. We describe all data collection processes, as well as geo-positioning methods, database management and quality-control procedures. This is the first comprehensive global database of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence, consisting of 19,930 and 22,137 geo-positioned occurrence records respectively. Both datasets can be used for a variety of mapping and spatial analyses of the vectors and, by inference, the diseases they transmit.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 January, 2016 - 10:18am |
Keys to the larvae of Texas mosquitoes with notes on recent synonymy. I. Key to general and to the species of the genus Aedes. By Breland, O.P.
The Texas journal of science 4(1): 65–72., 1952
Breland, O.P. 1952. Keys to the larvae of Texas mosquitoes with notes on recent synonymy. I. Key to general and to the species of the genus Aedes. The Texas journal of science 4(1): 65–72.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 January, 2016 - 9:37am |
The identity of Aedes bimaculatus (Coquillett) and a new subspecies of Aedes fulvus (Wiedemann) from the US (Culicidae), By Ross, E.S.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 45(6): 143-151., 1943
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Ross, E.S. 1943. The identity of Aedes bimaculatus (Coquillett) and a new subspecies of Aedes fulvus (Wiedemann) from the United States (Diptera, Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 45(6): 143-151.
This paper presents evidence to show that two distinct species of Aedes occurring in the United States are both at present identified as Coquillett’s bimaculatus. The true bimaculatus, described from Brownsville, Texas, and ranging from central Texas to El Salvador, is very distinct from the “ bimaculatus” collected throughout the southeastern United States which is here described as a new subspecies of the Neotropical fulvus (Wiedemann).
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 January, 2016 - 8:29pm |
Competition and resistance to starvation in larvae of container-inhabiting Aedes mosquitoes. By Barrera, R.
Ecological Entomology. 21(2): 117-127., 1996
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Barrera, R. 1996. Competition and resistance to starvation in larvae of container-inhabiting Aedes mosquitoes. Ecological Entomology. 21(2): 117-127.
Keywords:
Competition; species coexistence; starvation resistance; respiration; mosquito larvae; Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Aedes triseriatus.
Abstract.
1. Hypotheses about declining populations of container-inhabiting Aedes mosquitoes following the invasion by additional species were tested.
2. The larval competition hypothesis was studied experimentally in pure and mixed cultures of Aedes aegypti (L.), A.albopictus (Skuse) and A.triseriatus (Say). The experiments used decomposing leaf litter in the laboratory, as opposed to most previous research which used non-natural food.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 30 December, 2015 - 7:22am |
Spread of Aedes albopictus and decline of Ae. aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Florida. By O'Meara GF, Evans LF Jr, Gettman AD, Cuda JP.
Journal of Medical Entomology 32(4): 554-562., 1995
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O'Meara GF, Evans LF Jr, Gettman AD, Cuda JP. 1995. Spread of Aedes albopictus and decline of Ae. aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Florida. Journal of Medical Entomology 32(4): 554-562.
Abstract
Waste tires and other types of artificial containers were sampled for immature Aedes to monitor changes in the occurrence of Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) in Florida. The initial invasion and spread of Ae. albopictus in Florida occurred in the northern part of Florida. Throughout this region, major declines in the abundance of [i]Ae.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 21 December, 2015 - 9:01am |
The rise of the invasives and decline of the natives: insights revealed from adult pops of container-inhabiting Aedes mosquitoes By Rochlin et al.
Biological Invasions, 2012
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Rochlin, I., R. Gaugler, E. Williges, A. Farajollahi. 2012. The rise of the invasives and decline of the natives: insights revealed from adult populations of container-inhabiting Aedes mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in temperate North America. Biological Invasions
Abstract
Container-inhabiting Aedes mosquitoes are successful invaders and important arthropod-borne disease vectors worldwide. In North America, a subtropical assemblage containing introduced Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti and the native Aedes triseriatus have served as a model for investigating ecological interactions during invasions and focused on the outcomes at the larval stages.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 December, 2015 - 8:07pm |
The Mosquitoes of British Columbia By Peter Belton
British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria BC, 1983
Handbook covering 46 mosquito species in 5 genera recorded in British Columbia at the time of publication. Includes illustrated keys to adults and larvae, text descriptions, and information on biology, habitat, distribution, control, and miscellaneous remarks.
Available online as 188pp PDF document but all pages are photocopies, so text cannot be searched. Author Peter Belton is a retired professor at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.
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Evaluation of seasonal feeding patterns of West Nile virus vectors in Bernalillo Co., NM: implications for disease transmission. By Lujan et al.
J Med Entomol. 51(1): 264-268., 2014
Lujan DA, Greenberg JA, Hung AS, Dimenna MA, Hofkin BV. 2014. Evaluation of seasonal feeding patterns of West Nile virus vectors in Bernalillo county, New Mexico, United States: implications for disease transmission. J Med Entomol. 51(1): 264-268.
Abstract
Many mosquito species take bloodmeals predominantly from either birds or mammals. Other mosquito species are less host-specific and feed readily on both. Furthermore, some species tend to alter their feeding patterns over the course of the year; early in the mosquito season such species may feed primarily on a particular host type, and subsequently take an increasingly larger proportion of their bloodmeals from an alternative host type as the season progresses.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 14 April, 2016 - 3:42pm |
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