Kitaoka S
Natl Inst Anim Health Q (Tokyo). 1982 Winter;22(4):159-62.
Effects of rearing temperature on the duration of larval period and the wing lengths of adults were studied in a laboratory strain of Culicoides arakawae and in wild-caught C. maculatus fed cultured nematodes of Rhabditis elongata as diets on agar medium. Larvae of each species responded differently to rearing temperature. So that the larval development of C. arakawae adapted to high temperature and of C. maculatus to low temperature. Low temperature increased the duration of larval period considerably in C. arakawae and slightly in C. maculatus. The developmental zero, for both species was found in almost the same range from 15 to 16 degrees C. No pupae were produced in C. arakawae at 35 degrees C and in C. maculatus above 30 degrees C. High temperature, as well as low temperature, induced low efficiency in pupation. The highest percent pupation was seen in both species at 22.5 degrees C. There was a close inverse relationship between the wing length and larval rearing temperature for both sexes of each species.
在实验室培养的荒川库蠓品系以及以琼脂培养基上培养的长体小杆线虫为食的野外捕获的黄斑库蠓中，研究了饲养温度对幼虫期持续时间和成虫翅长的影响。每个物种的幼虫对饲养温度的反应不同。因此，荒川库蠓的幼虫发育适应高温，而黄斑库蠓的幼虫发育适应低温。低温显著延长了荒川库蠓的幼虫期，对黄斑库蠓的影响较小。两个物种的发育起点温度几乎都在15至16摄氏度的相同范围内。荒川库蠓在35摄氏度时不产生蛹，黄斑库蠓在30摄氏度以上不产生蛹。高温以及低温都会导致化蛹效率低下。两个物种在22.5摄氏度时化蛹率最高。每个物种的雌雄成虫翅长与幼虫饲养温度之间都存在密切的负相关关系。
