title: Prey and feeding behavior of larval Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China.
abstract: Six taxa of prey were identified from the gut contents of 973 Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus Wiedemann (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae collected from 19 sites in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China, from May to October 2004. Chironomidae were found in the guts of 78.6% of Cx. fuscanus larvae but mosquito larval remains in only 2.5%. The junction between prey head and thorax was the most frequent attack site in field (125/169 = 73.9%) and laboratory (187/260 = 71.9%) observations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Shantou University Medical College, 22 Xinling Road, Shantou, 515041, People's Republic of China. lqjin@stu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Liqun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Jianmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yucai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Shie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D002683:Chironomidae; D003465:Culex / Q000502:physiology*; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D011235:Predatory Behavior / Q000502:physiology*