Journal article
Divergent host preferences of above‐ and below‐ground Culex pipiens mosquitoes and their hybrid offspring
Abstract
Culex pipiens form pipiens and Cx. pipiens form molestus (Diptera: Culicidae) belong to a cosmopolitan taxonomic group known as the Pipiens Assemblage. Hybridization between these forms is thought to contribute to human transmission of West Nile virus (WNV) in North America. Complementary choice and no-choice landing assays were developed to examine host acceptance by North American Cx. pipiens in the laboratory. Populations collected from …
Authors
FRITZ ML; WALKER ED; MILLER JR; SEVERSON DW; DWORKIN I
Journal
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 115–123
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
6 2015
DOI
10.1111/mve.12096
ISSN
0269-283X