title: Mark-release-recapture experiment with adult Anopheles minimus (Diptera: Culicidae) on Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Entomology, Nagasaki University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toma
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyagi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male