Mosquito larvae and associated macroorganisms occurring in gem pits in southern Tha Mai District, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand

• Published in: Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 143 - 151
• Main Authors: KITTHAWEE, S, EDMAN, J. D, UPATHAM, E. S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bangkok Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network 01.03.1993
• Subjects: Animals; Anopheles; Biological and medical sciences; Disease Reservoirs; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Larva; Medically important nuisances and vectors, pests of stored products and materials: population survey and control; Mining; Seasons; Thailand; Tropical medicine; Vectors. Intermediate hosts; Thailand; Asia; Protozoal disease; Malaria; Insecta; Infection; Larva; Seasonal variation; Arthropoda; Culicidae; Population dynamics; Habitat; Invertebrata; Vector; Diptera; Population density; Ecological abundance
• ISSN: 0125-1562

Aquatic field studies were conducted in Tha Mai District, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand. Larval habitats of Anopheles dirus were examined from November 1986 through June 1988 in 42 manmade gem pits. Larvae were found in pits containing clear water under full or partial shade. The abundance of different kinds of mosquito larvae were related to seasonal changes in these aquatic habitats. Variations in An. dirus density and occurrence were related to predators populations, ie Notonectidae and fish.