Response of Mosquitoes to mechanical stimuli

Yıl 1980, Cilt: 24 (1980) , 0 - 0, 01.01.1980

Mülkiye Kasap

https://doi.org/10.1501/Commuc_0000000024

Öz

The response of the larvae and pupae of Aedes aegypti (L.) Anopheles stephensi Liston and Culex pipiens L. to surface disturbance, for which a surface ripple was produ- ced by water drops of peristaltic pump was studied. Ouaütative and quantitative es- timates and ontogenic aspects of the response ,were considered. AH the species studied here,in general, showed a diving down response to this stimulus, but a small number of Anopheles stephensi showed a sidetvays run. In the three species, the response changed vvith the age; it gradually decreased in A. aegypti and C. pipiens but increased in A. stephensi.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Anopheles, sidetvays, Mosquitoe

Kaynakça

• Ankara Üniversitesi Communications, Series C: Biology