Selective Oviposition by Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Response to Mesocyclops longisetus (Copepoda: Cyclopoidea) Under Laboratory and Field Conditions

José Luis Torres-Estrada; Mario H. Rodríguez; Leopoldo Cruz-López; Juan I. Arredondo-Jimenez

doi:10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.188

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1 March 2001 Selective Oviposition by Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Response to Mesocyclops longisetus (Copepoda: Cyclopoidea) Under Laboratory and Field Conditions

José Luis Torres-Estrada, Mario H. Rodríguez, Leopoldo Cruz-López, Juan I. Arredondo-Jimenez

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J. of Medical Entomology, 38(2):188-192 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.188

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The influence of predacious Mesocyclops longisetus Thiebaud on the selection of oviposition sites by prey Aedes aegypti (L.) was studied under laboratory and field conditions. In both cases, gravid Ae. aegypti females were significantly more attracted to ovitraps containing copepods or to ovitraps with water in which copepods were held previously than to distilled water. Monoterpene and sesquiterpene compounds including 3-carene, α-terpinene, α-copaene, α-longipinene, α-cedrene, and δ-cadinene were found in hexane extracts of copepods by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry analyses. These compounds may be responsible for attracting gravid Ae. aegypti females and may increase the number of potential prey for the copepod.

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José Luis Torres-Estrada, Mario H. Rodríguez, Leopoldo Cruz-López, and Juan I. Arredondo-Jimenez "Selective Oviposition by Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Response to Mesocyclops longisetus (Copepoda: Cyclopoidea) Under Laboratory and Field Conditions," Journal of Medical Entomology 38(2), 188-192, (1 March 2001). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.188

Received: 31 August 1999; Accepted: 1 September 2000; Published: 1 March 2001

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