Venkatesan P, Cornélissen G, Halberg F
Chronobiologia. 1986 Oct-Dec;13(4):351-4.
Diplonychus indicus is an aquatic hemipterous bug known to be a voracious predator of dipteran larvae, among others, and to show a selective predation for mosquito larvae when exposed to a mixed prey diet. A datum consisted of the percentage of the fourth instar of (25) culicine mosquitoes killed by the bug. Data around the clock, published earlier (from starved adult males of this bug), reanalyzed by single cosinor, reveal a circasemidian rhythm (p = 0.004). This result prompts the recommendation of studying the time structure of prey-predator cycles further to evaluate the merits or demerits of introducing the bug in the field with the aim of reducing worldwide mosquito-borne disease incidence.
印度巨齿蛉是一种水生半翅目昆虫，已知它是双翅目幼虫等的贪婪捕食者，并且在接触混合猎物饮食时对蚊子幼虫表现出选择性捕食。一个数据点由被该昆虫杀死的（25只）库蚊四龄幼虫的百分比组成。此前发表的关于这种昆虫饥饿成年雄性全天的数据，通过单余弦分析重新分析后，揭示了一个近半日节律（p = 0.004）。这一结果促使人们建议进一步研究猎物 - 捕食者循环的时间结构，以评估在野外引入这种昆虫以降低全球蚊媒疾病发病率的优缺点。
