Suppression of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) using augmentative release of dragonfly larvae (Odonata: Libellulidae) with community participation in Yangon, Myanmar

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 223-232

  Sebastian, Anthony ^a   Sein, Myint Myint ^a   Thu, Myat Myat ^a   Corbet, Philip S ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Myanmar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DENGUE HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DIPTERA; DRAGONFLY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ODONATA; VECTOR CONTROL; WATER STORAGE;

BURMA, RANGOON;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CROCOTHEMIS SERVILIA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA;

EID: 0025592613     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300013468     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Intergrated management of urban mosquito vectors of human diseases, Y.H. Bang, Journal of Communicable Diseases, 1985, 17, 1-14, 4031437
2. A comparative study of egg hatching techniques for Aedes aegypti(L.), P. Barbosa, T.M. Peters, Mosquito News, 1966, 29, 548-555
3. Studies on the life-history of Crocothemis servilia servilia, Drury (Anisoptera: Libellulidae), A. Begum, M.A. Bashar, M. Nasiruddin, Dhaka University Studies, 1985, 33, 137-143, (B)
4. Ob ekologii dvuh blizkih vidov strekoz v Tadzhikistane. [On the ecology of two allied dragonfly species in Tadzhikistan.], S.N. Borisov, Ekologie, 1987, 1987-1, 85-87
5. K.L. Chan, Singapore's Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever control programme: a case study of the successful control of Aedes aegyptiand Aedes albopictususing mainly environmental measures as a part of integrated vector control, 1985, 114, Southeast Asian Medical Information Center Publication No. 45
6. K. Chanthachume, 1979, 180, Survey of dragonfly from certain parts of Thailand. MSc thesis, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University Bangkok
7. P.S. Corbet, A biology of dragonflies, 1983, 247, Faringdon Classey
8. Using dragonflies to suppress mosquitoes in domestic water-storage containers, P.S. Corbet, Waterlines, 1986, 4, 10-11
9. D.A.L. Davies, P. Tobin, 1985, 151, The dragonflies of the world: a systematic list of the extant species of Odonata. Vol. 2. Anisoptera. Societas Internationalis Odonatologica Rapid Communications Supplements No. 5
10. Biology and ecology of Rangoon Aedes aegypti(L.). Department of Medical Research Newsletter, DMR, Yangon, 1975, 2-9, 1-2
11. Dragonfly nymphs as active predators of mosquito larvae, E.A. El Rayah, Mosquito News, 1975, 35, 229-230
12. The predatory capacity of nymphs of the dragonflies: Trithemis annulata scortecii, Nielsen (Odonata: Anisoptera) and Ischnura senegalensis, Rambur (Odonata: Zygoptera), E.A. El Rayah, F.T. Abu Shama, Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 1977, 91, 381-384
13. D.A. Focks, S.R. Sackett, Mosquito ecology: proceedings of a workshop, 1985, 55-64, Some factors affecting interaction of Toxorhynchites amboinensiswith Aedesand Culexin an urban environment. In Lounibos L.P. Rey J.R. Frank J.H.,Eds Vero Beach, Florida Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
14. F.C. Fraser, The fauna of British India. Odonata, 1936, 3, 461, London Taylor & Francis
15. Preliminary field trial for the biological control of Aedes aegyptiby means of Toxorhynchites brevipalpisa predatory mosquito larva, E.J. Gerberg, W.M. Visser, Mosquito News, 1978, 38, 197-200
16. Studies on the biology of the damselfly, Ischnura verticalisSay, with notes on certain parasites, E.G. Grieve, Entomologica Americana, 1937, 17, 121-153
17. Descriptions of odonate nymphs from Thailand, V. Kerdpibule, S. Nicharat, S. Sucharit, Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine & Public Health, 1979, 10, 540-547
18. The life history of Bradinopyga geminata(Rambur) (Odonata: Libellulidae), A. Kumar, Gurukul Kangri Vishwa Vidayalya Journal of Scientific Research, 1973, 5, 50-57, a)
19. Descriptions of the last instar larvae of Odonata from the Dehra Dun Valley (India), with notes on biology. II. Suborder Anisoptera, A. Kumar, Oriental Insects, 1973, 7, 291-331, b)
20. Biology of Indian dragonflies with special reference to seasonal regulation and larval development, A. Kumar, Bulletin of Entomology (India, 1976, 17, 37-47
21. A. Kumar, M. Prasad, Field ecology, zoogeography and taxonomy of the Odonata of Western Himalaya, India, 1981, 118, Miscellaneous Publications of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper No. 20
22. R.H. Lamborn, Dragonflies versus mosquitoes, 1890, 202, New York Appleton
23. M.A. Lieftinck, 1971, 188-207, Odonata from Ceylon. Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement No. 1
24. [On the larvae of two species of the genus Lyriothemison Taiwan (Libellulidae; Odonata).], J.C. Lien, K. Matsuki, The Nature and Insects, 1979, 14, 57-60
25. G.S. Manning, Study of novel intestinal parasites in Thailand, 1971, 43-46, Report of 1st International Seminar, SEATO Medical Research Laboratory Bangkok
26. Studies on the life cycle of Phaneropsolus bonneiand Prosthodendrium molenkampiin Thailand, G.S. Manning, P. Lertprasert, Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 1973, 67, 361-365, 4202641
27. J. Mouchet, 1984, 17, Vector control at village level: methods adaptable to the ecological conditions of tropical Africa. World Health Organization, Vector Biology and ControlVBC/WP/03
28. Hand-pairing: a new technique for obtaining copulations within and between Calopteryxspecies (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae), S.D. Oppenheimer, J.K. Waage, Odonatologica, 1987, 16, 291-296
29. Additional record of Crocothemis servilia(Drury) from Florida (Anisoptera: Libellulidae), D.R. Paulson, Notulae Odonatologicae, 1978, 1, 29-30
30. E.C.G. Pinhey, A survey of the dragonflies (Order Odonata) of Eastern Africa, 1961, 214, London British Museum (Natural History)
31. E. Pinhey, A descriptive catalogue of the Odonata of the African Continent (up to December 1959), 1962, 314, Lisbon Companha de Diamantes de Angola
32. P.K. Rajagopalan, K.N. Panicker, World Health Organization, Vector Biology and Control, 1984, 6, Feasibility of community involvement in integrated vector control in villages. WHO/VBC84.903
33. R. Reuben, D.R. Rao, A. Sebastian, P.S. Corbet, N. Wu, G. Liao, Appropriate technology in vector control, 1989, 139-158, Biological control methods suitable for community use. in Curtis C.F. Ed. Boca Raton, Florida CRC Press
34. Predatory versatility in a larval dragonfly, Hemianax papuensis(Odonata: Aeshnidae), R.J. Rowe, Journal of Zoology, London, 1987, 211, 193-207
35. S.K. Sangal, 1961, 197, Morphology and biology of Crocothemis servilia servilia(Drury) (Odonata: Libellulidae). PhD thesis, University of Agra India
36. Studies on taxonomy of larvae of Doon Valley Odonata, S.K. Sangal, A. Kumar, Indian Journal of Natural History, 1970, 4, 33-38
37. Dragonfly records from SE-Turkey (Insecta: Odonata), W. Schneider, Senckenbergiana Biologica, 1985, 66-1, 3, 67-78, a)
38. Die Gattung Crocothemis Braver 1868 im Nahen Osten (Insecta: Odonata: Libellulidae), W. Schneider, Senckenbergiana Biologica, 1985, 66-1, 3, 79-88, b)
39. The use of dragonfly nymphs in the control of, A. Sebastian, M.M. Thu, M. Kyaw, M.M. Sein, Aedes aegypti. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 1980, 11, 104-107
40. M.W. Service, Mosquito ecology: field sampling methods, 1976, 583, New York Halstead Press
41. P. Singh, Artificial diets for insects, mites and spiders, 1977, 594, New York Plenum
42. A. Spielman, P.A. Rossignol, Tropical and geographical medicine, 1984, 167-183, insect vectors. In Warren K.S. Mahmoud A.A.F. Eds New York McGraw-Hill
43. List of the dragonflies recorded from Nepal, with a summary of their altitudinal distribution (Odonata), G.S. Vick, Opuscula Zoologica Fluminensia, 1989, 43, 1-21
44. WHO, Technical guides for diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, prevention and control of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever, 1975, World Health Organization Geneva
45. J. Winyasopit, 1976, 66, Studies on biology and the efficiency of dragonfly and damselfly naiads in the control of mosquito larvae (Culex pipiens quinquefasciatusSay). M.Sc. thesis, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University Bangkok