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Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical

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LEYVA, Maureen; MARQUETTI, María del Carmen  y  MONTADA, Domingo. Segregation of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) niche under laboratory conditions. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2012, vol.64, n.2, pp.206-211. ISSN 0375-0760.

Introduction: Aedes and Culex are two mosquito genuses of epidemiological importance, being Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus the predominant ones in urban areas. It is common to find both of them associated in the same breeding sites where they share a lot of things despite the literature. Objective: to determine if there is inter-specific competence between these two species when they co-exist in a single reservoir under lab conditions. Methods: first staging larvae, which had been kept in the insect storage deposit of the Vector Control Department, were used. The three bioassays used 2 000 mL, 1 000 mL and 500 mL of dechlorinated water. The larvae were daily fed on with 0.7 g of fish flour; temperature was 26 °C ± 2 °C. Results: the larval cycle for Aedes aegypti was 6 days in crossbreds and in controls whereas it was 8 days for Culex quinquefasciatus, regardless of variation in the number of individuals of each species and in each bioassay. The larvae of each species completely developed since food was always provided and the living space remained the same. It should be noticed that the water was not totally translucent but no pollution indicators were observed. The sexual index for each species was determined after adult vectors emerged, with 1:1 ratio for both sexes approximately. Conclusions: under lab conditions, these species did not compete one against the other for either food or living space and there was segregation of niche that favored their co-existence.

Palabras clave : niche segregation; Aedes aegypti; Culex quinquefasciatus.

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