title: Colonization of Culex nigripalpus theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) by stimulation of mating using males of other mosquito species.
abstract: Culex nigripalpus Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) was recolonized successfully by cohabiting Aedes taeniorhynchus males or males of other mosquito species starting in a large outdoor cage under natural light-dark cycles and temperatures and ending in a 1-ft.3 cage under artificial light-dark cycles at 24 degrees C without added stimulation.
authors.affiliation: Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida, Vero Beach 32962, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Nayar
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D003465:Culex / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D013045:Species Specificity