A crab-hole mosquito, Ochlerotatus baisasi, feeding on mudskipper (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-137

  Okudo, Haruo ^a   Toma, Takako ^b   Sasaki, Hitoshi ^c   Higa, Yukiko ^b   Fujikawa, Mayumi ^c   Miyagi, Ichiro ^b   Okazawa, Takao ^d  

^a Miwa Junior High School   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood meal source; Feeding behavior; Mudskipper; Ochlerotatus baisasi; Periophthalmus argentilineatus; Ryukyu Islands

Indexed keywords

GECARCINIDAE; GOBIIDAE; LOBSTER; PERIOPHTHALMUS ARGENTILINEATUS; PERIOPHTHALMUS BARBARUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAPAN; OCHLEROTATUS; PARASITOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAPAN; OCHLEROTATUS; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 3242808183     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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