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Provedor de dados:  Rev. Bras. Zool.
País:  Brazil
Título:  Aedes aegypti survival in the presence of Toxorhynchites violaceus (Diptera: Culicidae) fourth instar larvae
Autores:  Albeny,Daniel S
Martins,Gustavo F
Andrade,Mateus R
Krüger,Rodrigo F
Vilela,Evaldo F
Data:  2011-08-01
Ano:  2011
Palavras-chave:  Predation
Survival
Resumo:  The mosquito Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) is the main vector of dengue and yellow fever viruses. Different methods have been used to control A. aegypti, including chemical and biological tools. However, chemical control can lead to a subsequent increase in the mosquitoes' insecticide resistance, and biological control represents an important method as an alternative to insecticide usage. Larvae from the Toxorhynchites genus (Diptera: Culicidae) are predators of other mosquitoes and represent a potential natural biocontrol agent of A. aegypti larvae. In the present work, A. aegypti larval survival was studied in the presence of the neotropical Toxorhynchites violaceus (Wiedemann, 1821) fourth instar larvae. Toxorhynchites violaceus consumption of A. aegypti increased during the 192 hours of the experiment and was more marked in the intervals between 96 and 120 hours and between 168 and 192 hours, when the A. aegypti survival reached 0%. During the fourth instar, T. violaceus increased its predation on A. aegypti larvae, possibly in order to increase its nutrient storage prior to pupation. Otherwise, low prey consumption can lead to a nutritional deficit for the larvae, delaying the adult's sexual development and reducing its egg production. Here we show that A. aegypti survival can be reduced by the T. violaceus fourth larvae predation under laboratory conditions
Tipo:  Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
Idioma:  Inglês
Identificador:  http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702011000400017
Editor:  Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Relação:  10.1590/S1984-46702011000400017
Formato:  text/html
Fonte:  Zoologia (Curitiba) v.28 n.4 2011
Direitos:  info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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