title: Gonotrophic cycle and survivorship of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Tapachula foothills of southern Mexico.
abstract: Mark-release-recapture experiments were conducted to determine the length of the gonotrophic cycle and survivorship of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis Theobald in the Tapachula foothills of southern Mexico. Separate trials with wild-caught females were conducted in the early and late dry season to examine intraseasonal differences. The gonotrophic cycle of insectary-reared, nulliparous females was estimated during the late dry season. A total of 5.4-5.7% of marked females was recaptured. A 3-d gonotrophic cycle was characteristic of wild-caught females, whereas a 4-d gonotrophic cycle was characteristic for insectary-reared females. Engorged, wild-caught females completed oogenesis in approximately 60 h under field conditions. Blood digestion in 23.5% of 2,221 and 21.9% of 1,195 engorged, wild-caught females held in the insectary was not accompanied by egg development. Dissections of these females showed that nearly 85% were nulliparous and presumably pregravid. These statistics plus other field data were used to determine that 60% of all nulliparous entered a pregravid condition. The body size and wing length of gravids was significantly larger than pregravids. Daily survival estimates of 0.875 and 0.884 were calculated for field-collected females during the early and late dry season, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación de Paludismo, Chiapas, Mexico.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Salas
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D009866:Oogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D010298:Parity; D012621:Seasons