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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Volume 47, Issue 5, Pages 783-787Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1603/ME10051
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Anura; aquatic insect; Coleoptera; Hemiptera; Odonata
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- Nagasaki University
- Sumitomo Chemical (Osaka, Japan)
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Polymerase chain reaction analysis was performed to determine whether mosquito predators in wetland habitats feed on Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (s.l.) larvae. Aquatic mosquito predators were collected from six wetlands near Lake Victoria in Mbita, Western Kenya. This study revealed that the whole positive rate of An. gambiae s.l. from 330 predators was 54.2%. The order of positive rate was the highest in Odonata (70.2%), followed by Hemiptera (62.8%), Amphibia (41.7%), and Coleoptera (18%). This study demonstrates that the polymerase chain reaction method can determine whether aquatic mosquito predators feed on An. gambiae s.l. larvae if the predators have undigested An. gambiae s.l. in their midgut or stomach.
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