A laboratory and field evaluation of Macrocyclops distinctus, Megacyclops viridis and Mesocyclops pehpeiensis as control agents of the dengue vector Aedes albopictus in a peridomestic area in Nagasaki, Japan

• Main Authors: Dieng, Hamady, Boots, M., Tuno, N., Tsuda, Y., Takagi, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Entomological Society 2002
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9862/1/H.%20Dieng.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9862/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00377.x/epdf

The use of the cyclopoid copepods Macrocyclops distinctus (Richard)Megacyclops viridis (Jurine) and Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu (Cyclopoida: Cyclo-pidae) as biological control agents against the dengue vector Aedes albopictus(Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) was evaluated. In the laboratory their predator...