期刊
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
卷 47, 期 1, 页码 53-62出版社
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1603/033.047.0107
关键词
Aedes; bacteria; Culex; detritus; microorganisms
资金
- National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease [R15 [AI]-051374]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R15AI051374] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Discarded vehicle tires are a common habitat for container mosquito larvae, although the environmental factors that may control their presence or abundance within a tire are largely unknown. We sample discarded vehicle tires in six sites located within four counties of central Illinois during the spring and summer of 2006 to determine associations between a suite of environmental factors and community composition of container mosquitoes. Our goal was to find patterns of association between environmental factors and abundances of early and late instars. We hypothesized that environmental factors correlated with early instars would be indicative of oviposition cues, whereas environmental factors correlated with late instars would be those important for larval survival. We collected 13 species of mosquitoes, with six species (Culex restuans, Cx. pipiens, Aedes albopictus, Cx. salinarius, Ae. atropalpus, and Ae. triseriatus) accounting for approximate to 95% of all larvae. There were similar associations between congeneries and environmental factors, with Aedes associated with detritus type (fine detritus, leaves, seeds) and Culex associated with factors related to the surrounding habitat (human population density, canopy cover, tire size) or microorganisms (bacteria, protozoans). Although there was some consistency in factors that were important for early and late instar abundance, there were few significant associations between early and late instars for individual species. Lack of correspondence between factors that explain variation in early versus late instars, most notable for Culex, suggests it difference between environmental determinants of oviposition and survival within tires. Environmental factors associated with discarded tires are important for accurate predictions of mosquito occurrence at the generic level.
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