Bloodmeal host identification with inferences to feeding habits of a fish-fed mosquito, Aedes baisasi

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 4002
• Main Authors: Miyake, Takashi, Aihara, Natsuki, Maeda, Ken, Shinzato, Chuya, Koyanagi, Ryo, Kobayashi, Hirozumi, Yamahira, Kazunori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.03.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 45; 45/23; 45/77; 631/158/2450; 631/158/4016; 631/601/1466; Aedes; Aquatic insects; Archipelagoes; Blood; DNA barcoding; Females; Fish; Humanities and Social Sciences; Islands; Lagoons; Mangrove swamps; Mangroves; Mosquitoes; multidisciplinary; Natural populations; Respiration; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Swamps

The mosquito, Aedes baisasi , which inhabits brackish mangrove swamps, is known to feed on fish. However, its host assemblage has not been investigated at the species level. We amplified and sequenced the cytochrome oxidase subunit I barcoding regions as well as some other regions from blood-fed fem...