Response of Mosquitoes to mechanical stimuli

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Communications Faculty of Sciences University Ankara Series C Biology
Volume:24 (1980)
Response of Mosquitoes to mechanical stimuli

Response of Mosquitoes to mechanical stimuli

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Publication Date : 1980-01-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The response of the larvae and pupae of Aedes aegypti insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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.
Keywords : Anopheles, sidetvays, Mosquitoe

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