title: The relationship between wing length, blood meal volume, and fecundity for seven colonies of Anopheles species housed at the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
abstract: Established colonies of Anopheles campestris, Anopheles cracens, Anopheles dirus, Anopheles kleini, Anopheles minimus, Anopheles sawadwongporni, and Anopheles sinensis are maintained at the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS). Females were provided blood meals on human blood containing citrate as an anticoagulant using an artificial membrane feeder. The mean wing length, used as an estimate of body size, for each species was compared to blood-feeding duration (time), blood meal volume, and numbers of eggs oviposited. Except for An. campestris and An. cracens, there were significant interspecies differences in wing length. The mean blood meal volumes (mm(3)) of An. kleini and An. sinensis were significantly higher than the other 5 species. For all species, the ratios of unfed females weights/blood meal volumes were similar (range: 0.76-0.88), except for An. kleini (1.08) and An. cracens (0.52), that were significantly higher and lower, respectively. Adult females were allowed to feed undisturbed for 1, 3, and 5min intervals before blood feeding was interrupted. Except for An. campestris and An. sawadwongporni, the number of eggs oviposited were significantly higher for females that fed for 3min when compared to those that only fed for 1min. This information is critical to better understand the biology of colonized Anopheles spp. and their role in the transmission of malaria parasites as they relate to the relative size of adult females, mean volumes of blood of engorged females for each of the anopheline species, and the effect of blood feeding duration on specific blood meal volumes and fecundity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Electronic address: siripornp@afrims.org.
authors.forename: Siriporn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Phasomkusolsil
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: Kanchana
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pantuwattana
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: Jaruwan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tawong
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: Weeraphan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Khongtak
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: Yossasin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kertmanee
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: Nantaporn
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Monkanna
authors.affiliation: Public Health Command Region-Pacific, Camp Zama, Japan, 65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15281, APO AP 96205-5281, USA.
authors.forename: Terry A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: 5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP 96205-5247, USA.
authors.forename: Heung-Chul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: Patrick W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: McCardle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission*; D010058:Oviposition; D013785:Thailand; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
keywords: Anopheles; Blood meal volume; Feeding duration; Oviposition; Wing length