Mortality in immatures of the floodwater mosquito Ochlerotatus albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and effects of parasitism by Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Nematoda: Mermithidae) in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Mortality in immatures of the floodwater mosquito Ochlerotatus albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and effects of parasitism by Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Nematoda: Mermithidae) in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Life tables were constructed for six cohorts of immature stages of the floodwater mosquito Ochlerotatus albifasciatus (Macquart) in a park in Buenos Aires, highlighting the mortality attributable to the parasitic nematode, Strelkovimermis spiculatus Poinar & Camino. Two cohorts were selected to...

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Autores principales: Raúl Ernesto Campos, Victoria Elena Sy
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-03-01
Colección:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Materias:
Ochlerotatus albifasciatus
Aedes albifasciatus
mortality
floodwater mosquito
Strelkovimermis spiculatus
parasitism
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000200006

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