UG443 4ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS COMPLEX - HOST FEEDING PATTERNS OF SPECIES-S, SPECIES-T, AND SPECIES-U

Authors
NANDA N JOSHI H SUBBARAO SK YADAV RS SHUKLA RP DUA VK SHARMA VP
Citation
N. Nanda et al., UG443 4ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS COMPLEX - HOST FEEDING PATTERNS OF SPECIES-S, SPECIES-T, AND SPECIES-U, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 12(1), 1996, pp. 147-149
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
8756971X
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
147 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-971X(1996)12:1<147:U4FC-H>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The host feeding specificity of Anopheles fluviatilis sibling species S, T, and U was determined by analyzing blood meal source using counte rcurrent immunoelectrophoresis. A distinct difference in the feeding p atterns was observed among these species. Species S was found to be pr edominantly anthropophagic with 91% of the population having fed on hu man blood. In contrast, species T and U were either exclusively or pri marily zoophagic.