title: Gonotrophic cycle and survivorship of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) using sticky ovitraps in Monterrey, northeastern Mexico.
abstract: Mark-release-recapture experiments were conducted to determine the length of the gonotrophic cycle and rate of survivorship of Culex quinquefasciatus Say in Monterrey, northeastern Mexico. A total of 2,352 field-caught Cx. quinquefasciatus females were marked and released at 8-12 h postemergence in 2 field trials. Sticky ovitraps were used to recapture marked gravid females. One hundred and ten (4.6%) marked females were recaptured during a 12-day sampling period. Recapture rates for the 2 individual trials were 6.4% and 3.5%. The length of the gonotrophic cycle, calculated as the average time between the initial blood meal and the time of recapture of gravid females, was 2-3 days. The first blood-fed mosquitoes were recaptured on the 2nd day postrelease. Gravid egg-laying females were most commonly recaptured at 2-3 days postfeeding. Daily survival estimates for the 2 release dates were of 0.871 and 0.883, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Entomología Medica, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Ap. Postal 109-E San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., México.
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elizondo-Quiroga
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flores-Suarez
authors.forename: Darwin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elizondo-Quiroga
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ponce-Garcia
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Blitvich
authors.forename: Juan Francisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Contreras-Cordero
authors.forename: Jose Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Rojas
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mercado-Hernandez
authors.forename: Barry J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Beaty
authors.forename: Ildefonso
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Salas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003465:Culex / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008136:Longevity / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology