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JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR
卷 21, 期 2, 页码 47-54出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-007-9103-2
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competition; midge; mosquito; predation; prepupae
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI044793-06, R01 AI044793-08, R01 AI044793-07, R01 AI044793] Funding Source: Medline
Surplus or 'wasteful' killing of uneaten prey has been documented in the fourth larval instar of various species of the mosquito genus Toxorhynchites that occur in treeholes and other phytotelmata. Here we document surplus killing by the predatory midge Corethrella appendiculata, which in Florida cohabits treeholes and artificial containers with larvae of Toxorhynchites rutilus. Provided with a surfeit of larval mosquito prey, surplus killing was observed only in the fourth instar of C. appendiculata, peaking in intensity in the final 24 h prior to pupation, as observed for Toxorhynchites spp. Attack sites identified from videotaped encounters with mosquito prey were divided among head, thorax, abdomen, and siphon. Consumed mosquito larvae (n = 70) were attacked primarily on the head (46%) or siphon (34%), but surplus-killed prey (n = 30) were attacked predominantly on the thorax (83%). Despite its independent evolution among different insect species in aquatic container habitats, the functional significance of prepupal surplus killing remains unclear.
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