Prey and Feeding Behavior of Larval Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China

Liqun Jin; Jianmin Luo; Yucai Fu; Shie Xu

doi:10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[785:PAFBOL]2.0.CO;2

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Liqun Jin,^1,2 Jianmin Luo,² Yucai Fu,² Shie Xu²

¹Corresponding author, lqjin@stu.edu.cn
²Department of Parasitology, Shantou University Medical College, 22 Xinling Road, Shantou, 515041, People’s Republic of China

Abstract

Six taxa of prey were identified from the gut contents of 973 Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus Wiedemann (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae collected from 19 sites in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China, from May to October 2004. Chironomidae were found in the guts of 78.6% of Cx. fuscanus larvae but mosquito larval remains in only 2.5%. The junction between prey head and thorax was the most frequent attack site in field (125/169 = 73.9%) and laboratory (187/260 = 71.9%) observations.

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Liqun Jin, Jianmin Luo, Yucai Fu, and Shie Xu "Prey and Feeding Behavior of Larval Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China," Journal of Medical Entomology 43(4), 785-786, (1 July 2006). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[785:PAFBOL]2.0.CO;2

Received: 26 July 2005; Accepted: 23 September 2005; Published: 1 July 2006