Almirón W R, Brewer M M
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de la República Argentina-CONICET.
Rev Saude Publica. 1995 Apr;29(2):108-14. doi: 10.1590/s0034-89101995000200004.
In order to study the host preference of female mosquitoes, samples were taken fortnightly in Cordoba and Cosquin (Argentina), during October-April of two consecutive years. Four different vertebrates were used in baited-can traps: frogs, chickens, rabbits and turtles. The genus Culex accounted for 92.9% of the specimens collected. Aedes for 7.0% and Psorophora ciliata 0.02%. The highest proportion of females were collected in chicken traps (68.7%), followed by rabbit traps (29.9%), turtles (0.8%) and frogs (0.5%), thus the majority of the mosquitoes were collected in traps with homeotermous hosts. Only Culex dolosus fed on all the hosts. Culex acharistus, Cx. chidesteri and Cx. quinquefasciatus fed on chickens, rabbits and turtles. Aedes albifasciatus, Ae. scapularis, Cx. bidens and Cx. coronator fed on both homeotermous hosts. Culex apicinus, Cx. maxi, Cx. saltanensis and Cx. spinosus fed only on chickens and Ps. ciliata only on rabbits.
为了研究雌蚊的宿主偏好，在连续两年的10月至4月期间，每两周在阿根廷的科尔多瓦和科斯昆采集样本。在诱捕罐中使用了四种不同的脊椎动物：青蛙、鸡、兔子和乌龟。所采集的标本中，库蚊属占92.9%，伊蚊属占7.0%，纤毛类按蚊占0.02%。在鸡诱捕器中采集到的雌蚊比例最高（68.7%），其次是兔子诱捕器（29.9%）、乌龟诱捕器（0.8%）和青蛙诱捕器（0.5%），因此大多数蚊子是在有恒温宿主的诱捕器中采集到的。只有多氏库蚊以所有宿主为食。阿氏库蚊、奇德斯特库蚊和致倦库蚊以鸡、兔子和乌龟为食。白纹伊蚊、肩斑伊蚊、二齿库蚊和冕库蚊以两种恒温宿主为食。尖喙库蚊、马克西库蚊、萨尔塔库蚊和多刺库蚊只以鸡为食，而纤毛类按蚊只以兔子为食。
