Ferguson Laura V, Smith Todd G
Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada.
Insects. 2012 Apr 3;3(2):410-23. doi: 10.3390/insects3020410.
The relationship between mosquitoes and their amphibian hosts is a unique, reciprocal trophic interaction. Instead of a one-way, predator-prey relationship, there is a cyclical dance of avoidance and attraction. This has prompted spatial and temporal synchrony between organisms, reflected in emergence time of mosquitoes in the spring and choice of habitat for oviposition. Frog-feeding mosquitoes also possess different sensory apparatuses than do their mammal-feeding counterparts. The reciprocal nature of this relationship is exploited by various blood parasites that use mechanical, salivary or trophic transmission to pass from mosquitoes to frogs. It is important to investigate the involvement of mosquitoes, frogs and parasites in this interaction in order to understand the consequences of anthropogenic actions, such as implementing biocontrol efforts against mosquitoes, and to determine potential causes of the global decline of amphibian species.
蚊子与其两栖类宿主之间的关系是一种独特的、相互的营养相互作用。这里并非单向的捕食者 - 猎物关系，而是存在着躲避与吸引的循环互动。这促使了生物之间在空间和时间上的同步，体现在春季蚊子的出现时间以及产卵栖息地的选择上。以青蛙为食的蚊子与以哺乳动物为食的蚊子相比，还拥有不同的感觉器官。各种血液寄生虫利用机械、唾液或营养传播从蚊子传播到青蛙，从而利用了这种关系的相互性质。研究蚊子、青蛙和寄生虫在这种相互作用中的参与情况很重要，以便了解人为行动（如实施针对蚊子的生物防治措施）的后果，并确定两栖类物种全球数量下降的潜在原因。
