Studies on the feeding patterns of mosquitoes of the genera Ficalbia, Mimomyia and Uranotaenia in the Kisumu area of Kenya

Autor:	P. F. L. Boreham, J. A. Chandler, R. B. Highton
Rok vydání:	1975
Předmět:	food.ingredient food Ecology Insect Science medicine Identification (biology) General Medicine Feeding patterns medicine.symptom Biology Vegetation (pathology) Agronomy and Crop Science Uranotaenia
Zdroj:	Bulletin of Entomological Research. 65:69-74
ISSN:	1475-2670 0007-4853
DOI:	10.1017/s0007485300005770
Popis:	A total of 167 blood-fed mosquitoes of the genera Ficalbia, Mimomyia and Uranotaenia was collected from the Kisumu area of Kenya using Monks Wood light-traps under the outside eaves of houses, CDC light-traps inside houses and sweep-net catches. Precipitin tests were used to obtain 72 positive identifications of the hosts, 89% of which were amphibia. M. mediolineata (Theo.) and M. splendens Theo. were shown to feed occasionally on man while U. balfouri Theo. and M. hispida (Theo.) were shown to feed on other mammals, including cattle. No identification was effected from a single F. uniformis (Theo.) specimen collected resting in vegetation. The medical importance of these mosquitoes is uncertain but, since there is evidence for several arboviruses in amphibia, further study of these potential vectors should be undertaken.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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