Identification by Electrophoresis of Culex Adults (Diptera: Culicidae) in Light-Trap Samples1
- 29 November 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 21 (6) , 648-655
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/21.6.648
Abstract
Culex samples from light-trap collections, normally difficult to identify to species by morphology, were identified by starch gel electrophoresis. The enzyme migration rates for 4 species of Culex (Cx. pipiens, Cx. restuans, Cx. salinarius, and Cx. territans) were compared. Six of the 14 enzyme banding patterns separated Cx. pipiens and Cx. restuans, while 1, “malic” enzyme, uniquely characterized each of the 4 species. Electrophoretic identifications of weekly samples from 5 light traps showed an emergence of Cx. restuans in early June and a later activity of Cx. pipiens in July. The electrophoretic identifications permitted estimation of the proportions of each species in the more than 25,000 Culex mosquitoes collected by light traps in the local mosquito abatement program, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Identification of Culex Species by Electrophoresis *The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1977