Original scientific paper

TWO TYPES OF HIBERNATION OF CULEX PIPIENS COMPLEX (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) IN CROATIA

Enrih MERDIĆ ; Department of Biology, University Josipa Jurja Strossmayera - Osijek, Hrvatska
Snježana VUJIČIĆ-KARLO ; Public Museum of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia

Abstract

An investigation of different ways in which the Culex pipiens complex
hibernates has been carried out in cellar environments with two different ecological conditions. These two types of hibernation are as follows. The first type includes continuous exchange of generations in dark concrete basements with water, with 45 days for the development of a new generation. The second potential type of hibernation of adult mosquitoes is in dark and cold cellars where they lose 44.5 % of body weight and only 41.86 % of hibernating
specimens survive.

Keywords

Culex pipiens complex; hibernation; cellars

Hrčak ID:

39631

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/39631

Publication date:

6.3.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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