Quantifying the Influence of Larval Density on Disease Transmission Indices in , the Major African Vector of Filariasis.

Larval crowding is one of the abiotic factors affecting biological fitness in mosquitoes. This study aims at elucidating, quantitatively, the influence of more larval crowding on aspects of fitness in mosquito. To this end, day-old larvae of the species were reared in 4 density regimens equivalent to 1 larva in 1.

Effects of Varying Photoperiodic Regimens on Critical Biological Fitness Traits of (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquito Vector.

This study investigated the effects of varying photoperiodic conditions on critical life stages' parameters of . To this end, first larval stage was reared under different constant photoperiodic regimens: 0, 6 (short), 12 (equal), 13 (prevailing condition), and 18 and 24 (long) hours of light (hL). Duration of development, survivorship, emergence successes, adult longevity, caloric indices (CIs), and utilisation of teneral reserves for metamorphosis at each regimen were monitored.