Raybould J N
Bull World Health Organ. 1967;37(3):447-53.
The Simuliidae have proved particularly difficult to maintain under artificial conditions, and have resisted all attempts at laboratory colonization. Although a number of species have been successfully reared from egg to adult under laboratory conditions in certain northern countries, the problem of rearing African blackflies has been subjected to less intensive investigation. The development of suitable techniques for rearing and maintaining the vectors of human onchocerciasis in the laboratory would facilitate critical work on many aspects of vector biology.The vectors of human onchocerciasis in Africa belong to either the Simulium neavei or the S. damnosum complexes. During the present investigation large numbers of a nonanthropophilic form of S. damnosum were successfully reared from egg to adult under artificial conditions described in this paper. The method needs to be tested, however, with the anthropophilic forms within the S. damnosum complex responsible for transmission of onchocerciasis.
蚋科昆虫在人工条件下极难饲养，所有实验室养殖的尝试均以失败告终。尽管在某些北方国家，已有若干物种在实验室条件下成功实现从卵到成虫的饲养，但非洲黑蝇的饲养问题尚未得到深入研究。开发在实验室饲养和维持人类盘尾丝虫病传播媒介的合适技术，将有助于开展媒介生物学诸多方面的关键研究。非洲人类盘尾丝虫病的传播媒介属于纳氏蚋或恶蚋复合体。在本研究中，大量非嗜人血型的恶蚋依据本文所述的人工条件成功实现从卵到成虫的饲养。不过，该方法仍需在恶蚋复合体中负责传播盘尾丝虫病的嗜人血型上进行测试。
