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Ecological and genetic separation of three sympatric species of Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Kenya coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

L. P. Lounibos  and
L. E. Munstermann
L. P. Lounibos
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O. Box 80804, Mombasa, Kenya
L. E. Munstermann
Affiliation:
Vector Biology Laboratory, Department of Biology. University of Notre Dame.Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Abstract

Aedes ledgeri Huang, A. soleatus Edw. and A. calceatus Edw. of the group of A. aegypti (L.) of the subgenus Stegomyia collected on the coast of Kenya are distinguished on the strength of ecological and genetic (isozyme) data. The preferred oviposition sites of A. ledgeri and A. soleatus were tree holes above ground level, whereas A. calceatus favoured abandoned gastropod shells. A. ledgeri was most abundant in ecotonal habitats and A. soleatus in undisturbed forest At least two diagnostic enzyme loci separated each of the three species pairs.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 71 , Issue 4 , December 1981 , pp. 639 - 648
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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