Sumodan P K
Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Government College Madappally, Vadakara-673102, Kerala, India.
J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2012 Jun;28(2):114-5. doi: 10.2987/11-6208R.1.
During south-west monsoon season, rubber plantations in Kerala have been found to provide ideal conditions for the proliferation of mosquitoes. In a study conducted from June 2005 to September 2010 in Kannur, Wayanad, and Kozhikode districts, 12 species of mosquitoes in 6 genera--Aedes, Armigeres, Culex, Heizmannia, Toxorhynchites, and Verrallina--were found to breed in rain water-filled cups used for collecting rubber latex. The only vector species found was Aedes albopictus, known for its ability to transmit dengue and chikungunya. The combinations of species found associated in the latex cups is also presented.
在西南季风季节，人们发现喀拉拉邦的橡胶种植园为蚊子的繁殖提供了理想条件。在2005年6月至2010年9月于坎努尔、瓦亚纳德和科泽科德地区进行的一项研究中，发现6个属的12种蚊子——伊蚊属、阿蚊属、库蚊属、黑蚊属、巨蚊属和维蚊属——在用于收集橡胶乳胶的盛满雨水的杯子中繁殖。发现的唯一病媒物种是白纹伊蚊，它以传播登革热和基孔肯雅热的能力而闻名。文中还列出了在乳胶杯中发现的相关物种组合。
