INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION AMONG AEDES-AEGYPTI, AEDES-ALBOPICTUS, AND AEDES-TRISERIATUS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE) - LARVAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIXED CULTURES
INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION AMONG AEDES-AEGYPTI, AEDES-ALBOPICTUS, AND AEDES-TRISERIATUS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE) - LARVAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIXED CULTURES
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DOI:
10.1093/jmedent/26.6.615
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发表时间:
1989-11-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
CHEW, LM
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作者:
HO, BC;EWERT, A;CHEW, LM
Interactions among the larvae ofAedes aegypti(L.),Ae. albopictus(Skuse), andAe. triseriatus(Say) were studied in trispecific and bispecific mixed populations under laboratory and field conditions. Competitive stress (as evidenced by the average time to first, 50, and 75% pupation and the total pupation periods for mixed populations of each species in comparison with their single species controls) was more pronounced in mixed cultures reared in glass jars in the laboratory than in tires under field conditions. In the laboratory, the larval development ofAe. aegyptireared together withAe. albopictusorAe. triseriatus,or both, larvae was accelerated significantly. Conversely, the time to pupation forAe. albopictusandAe. triseriatuswas delayed when reared withAe. aegypti.However, the average wing length of femaleAe. albopictusandAe. triseriatuswas greater in the mixed cultures than in single species cultures. These data indicated that the effect of intraspecific competition was greater than interspecific competition. Adequate food and higher temperature appeared to promote rapid development and higher survival of the immature stages of the threeAedesspecies in tires placed in the field. In general,Ae. triseriatuslarvae required a longer period for larval development and had greater larval mortality than eitherAe. aegyptiorAe. albopictus.In mixed populations ofAe. albopictusandAe. aegyptiin the jars and food-rich tires, the periods needed to attain first, 50, and 75% cumulative pupation were not significantly different than in single species controls. We conclude that no clear-cut displacement occurred in mixed experimental populations ofAe. aegyptiandAe. albopictus.