Article
The influence of a light and dark cycle on the egg laying activity of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) (Diptera: Culicidae)
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FARNESI, Luana Cristina; et al. The influence of a light and dark cycle on the egg laying activity of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) (Diptera: Culicidae). Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, v.113, n.4, e170362, 2018.
0074-0276
10.1590/0074-02760170362
1678-8060
Autor
Farnesi, Luana Cristina
Barbosa, Christine Silveira
Araripe, Luciana Ordunha
Bruno, Rafaela Vieira
Resumen
The epidemiological importance of the mosquito Aedes aegypti as a vector of multiple human pathogens has generated a growing number of studies on the physiology and behaviour of its blood-feeding females. The activity of oviposition is one of the critical elements contributing to the expansion of Ae. aegypti's populations. Although there is a vast literature about oviposition behaviour, significant specific knowledge about egg viability and female fertility under light and dark conditions is still lacking.