Journal of Medical Entomology (1999) 36, 601-604

Yoshio Tsuda, Masahiro Takagi, Takako Toma, Akira Sugiyama and Ichiro Miyagi (1999)
Mark-release-recapture experiment with adult Anopheles minimus (Diptera : Culicidae) on Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan
Journal of Medical Entomology 36 (5), 601-604
Abstract: Movement of adult An. minimus Theobald between larval habitats and feeding sites was investigated by mark-release-recapture in March 1993 on Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Unfed (998 females) and fed (1,485 females) cohorts from a laboratory colony were marked with different colors of fluorescent dye, and released near Nishihama stream where larvae were abundant. Overall, 42 fed (2.82%) and 13 unfed (1.30%) females were recaptured. Among these, 12 females were recaptured at a cowshed, the nearest blood meal source. Most females in the fed cohort recaptured at the release point had developing or matured ovaries, whereas 55% at the cowshed were parous. The movement of released females from larval habitat to the cowshed for blood feeding indicated a flight distance >1 km.
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Database assignments for author(s): Yoshio Tsuda

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
population dynamics/ epidemiology

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Anopheles minimus		Japan