Estimation of survival rate and oviposition interval of Anopheles balabacensis mosquitoes from mark‐recapture experiments in Sabah, Malaysia

Abstract

An exophilic population of the vector mosquito Anopheles balabacensis Baisas was investigated in two mark-recapture studies (16.ix-13.x.1986 and 6-26.i.1987) at an inland, foothill village in Sabah, Malaysia. Wild female mosquitoes were intercepted as they came to feed on man or buffalo, given a bloodmeal, marked with fluorescent dust and released. The recapture rate was about 12%. A new method of analysis is proposed which uses cross-correlation and a time series model. The estimated survival per oviposition cycle was 0.48-0.54 and the oviposition cycle interval 2-3 days.

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“…Thus, in the present model, the survival of the mosquito per gonotrophic cycle is a constant, a, independent of the duration of the cycle [15]. Estimates of the constant typically vary between 0.4–0.6, and are bound more tightly as 0.48–0.54 by some groups [41-43]. The per diem survival is thus calculated by P = α 1/G c .…”

Revision of the Leucosphyrus group of Anopheles (Cellia) (Diptera, Culicidae)

“…Also, there were two distinct subpopulations, one more zoophilic and the other more anthropophilic and females could feed on both humans and water buffalo. Also, the activity peaked from 2200 to 0200 h (Hii 1985b;Hii & Vun 1987;Hii et al 1990;Hii et al1991). Genetic variation was found between endophilic and exophilic subpopulations using isozyme loci.…”

Quantifying Dispersal of European Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Vectors between Farms Using a Novel Mark-Release-Recapture Technique

“…beetles [8], grasshoppers [9], flies [10], termites [11], mosquitoes [12] and fruit flies [13]. In MRR studies, it is necessary to mark a relatively large proportion of the population because the propability of recapture can be very low as a result of mortality and emigration.…”