Ascogregarina taiwanensis (Lien and Levine), a protist gut parasite of Aedes albopictus (Skuse), is not known to complete its life cycle within the potential competitor species, Ochlerotatus japonicus (Theobald). In a laboratory cross infection study we demonstrated that A. taiwanensis completed its life cycle within Oc. japonicus and remained infectious. We also sampled cohabitating mosquito larvae in Mercer County, NJ, and based on ribosomal DNA sequence data, we determined that Oc. japonicus cohabitating with Ae. albopictus can become infected with A. taiwanensis.
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1 September 2012
Life Cycle Completion of Parasite Ascogregarina taiwanensis (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) in Non-Native Host Ochlerotatus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae)
J. A. Erthal,
J. S. Soghigian,
T. Livdahl
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Journal of Medical Entomology
Vol. 49 • No. 5
September 2012
Vol. 49 • No. 5
September 2012
Ascogregarina taiwanensis
mosquito
Ochlerotatus japonicus
parasite