Comparative account of energy reserves in four co-occurring mosquito species in Kolkata, India (Diptera: Culicidae)
Energy reserves in mosquitoes are an indicator of fitness, linking larval effort in resource acquisition with adult survival and fecundity. In other words, life history strategies and disease transmission potential can be related to the amount of energy reserves. The energy reserves of four mosquito...
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doaj-1e3e5e129a484b2e85e6f74dbb449cca2021-09-05T13:59:45ZengSciendoPolish Journal of Entomology 2299-98842017-03-01861496710.1515/pjen-2017-0004pjen-2017-0004Comparative account of energy reserves in four co-occurring mosquito species in Kolkata, India (Diptera: Culicidae)Mohan Sushree0Banerjee Sampa1Pramanik Soujita2Banerjee Soumyajit3Saha Goutam K.4Aditya Gautam5Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, IndiaDepartment of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, IndiaDepartment of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, IndiaDepartment of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, IndiaDepartment of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, IndiaDepartment of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, IndiaEnergy reserves in mosquitoes are an indicator of fitness, linking larval effort in resource acquisition with adult survival and fecundity. In other words, life history strategies and disease transmission potential can be related to the amount of energy reserves. The energy reserves of four mosquitoes – Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Armigeres subalbatus and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) – were calculated to justify species-specific differences in their life history strategies. Following repeated sampling of pupae from the respective larval habitats, the glycogen, sugar and lipid contents of individual mosquitoes were assessed and corroborated with pupal weight and adult wing length. Discriminant function analysis was used to acquire an initial reflection of the differences of the parameters among the sex and species of the mosquitoes considered in the study. Using logistic regression and ANOVA, the effects of species and sex as contributors to variations in energy reserves could be established. The results indicated that for all the mosquitoes, sex-specific differences were prominent with reference to the energy reserves. Species-specific differences in energy reserves reflect differences in resource acquisition and assimilation in the tissues, and thus the differences in the life history strategies of these four species.https://doi.org/10.1515/pjen-2017-0004energy reservesmosquitoaedesarmigeresculexsexual dimorphismmultivariate analysis |
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Mohan Sushree Banerjee Sampa Pramanik Soujita Banerjee Soumyajit Saha Goutam K. Aditya Gautam Comparative account of energy reserves in four co-occurring mosquito species in Kolkata, India (Diptera: Culicidae) Polish Journal of Entomology energy reserves mosquito aedes armigeres culex sexual dimorphism multivariate analysis |
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Mohan Sushree Banerjee Sampa Pramanik Soujita Banerjee Soumyajit Saha Goutam K. Aditya Gautam |
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Comparative account of energy reserves in four co-occurring mosquito species in Kolkata, India (Diptera: Culicidae) |
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Comparative account of energy reserves in four co-occurring mosquito species in Kolkata, India (Diptera: Culicidae) |
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Comparative account of energy reserves in four co-occurring mosquito species in Kolkata, India (Diptera: Culicidae) |
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Comparative account of energy reserves in four co-occurring mosquito species in Kolkata, India (Diptera: Culicidae) |
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Comparative account of energy reserves in four co-occurring mosquito species in Kolkata, India (Diptera: Culicidae) |
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comparative account of energy reserves in four co-occurring mosquito species in kolkata, india (diptera: culicidae) |
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Energy reserves in mosquitoes are an indicator of fitness, linking larval effort in resource acquisition with adult survival and fecundity. In other words, life history strategies and disease transmission potential can be related to the amount of energy reserves. The energy reserves of four mosquitoes – Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Armigeres subalbatus and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) – were calculated to justify species-specific differences in their life history strategies. Following repeated sampling of pupae from the respective larval habitats, the glycogen, sugar and lipid contents of individual mosquitoes were assessed and corroborated with pupal weight and adult wing length. Discriminant function analysis was used to acquire an initial reflection of the differences of the parameters among the sex and species of the mosquitoes considered in the study. Using logistic regression and ANOVA, the effects of species and sex as contributors to variations in energy reserves could be established. The results indicated that for all the mosquitoes, sex-specific differences were prominent with reference to the energy reserves. Species-specific differences in energy reserves reflect differences in resource acquisition and assimilation in the tissues, and thus the differences in the life history strategies of these four species. |
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energy reserves mosquito aedes armigeres culex sexual dimorphism multivariate analysis |
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