title: Colonization and biology of the frog-feeding mosquito Uranotaeinia macfarlanei in the Ryukyu Archipelago.
abstract: A colony of Uranotaenia macfarlanei, a frog-feeding mosquito, was established in the laboratory. We report the bionomics of the species, as studied in the laboratory colony and in the field on Ryukyu Island, Japan. These include mating activity, feeding and resting habits, manner of oviposition, and egg, larval, and pupal periods.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Entomology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyagi
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toma
authors.forename: Mikako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamashiro
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higa
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinjyo
authors.forename: Tomio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000502:physiology*; D009033:Culicidae; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male