Volume 32

June, 2007

Number 1



Content



IN MEMORIAM: Andrew (Andy) Spielman (PDF)

Uriel Kitron



Norman G. Gratz (1925-2005): A Bibliography (PDF)

Terry L. Carpenter, Lisa L. O’Brien, and Richard G. Robbins



A survey of mosquitoes breeding in used tires in Spain for the detection of imported potential vector species (PDF)

D. Roiz, R. Eritja, R. Escosa, J. Lucientes, E. Marquès, R. Melero-Alcíbar, S. Ruiz, and R. Molina



A mosquito predator survey in Townsville, Australia, and an assessment of Diplonychus sp. and Anisops sp. predatorial capacity against Culex annulirostris mosquito immatures (PDF)

Essam Abdel-Salam Shaalan, Deon Vahid Canyon, Reinhold Muller, Mohamed Wagdy Faried Younes, Hoda Abdel-Wahab, and Abdel-Hamid Mansour


 

Climatic and landscape correlates for potential West Nile virus mosquito vectors in the Seattle region (PDF)

Heidi L. Pecoraro, Heather L. Day, Robert Reineke, Nathan Stevens, John C. Withey, John M. Marzluff, and J. Scott Meschke



Influence of environmental factors on the occurrence of Ixodes ricinus ticks in the urban locality of Brno-Pisárky, Czech Republic (PDF)

A. Žákovská, J. Netušil, and H. Martiníková

 


Parity and ovarian development of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in metropolitan Rio de Janeiro (PDF)

Tamara Nunes de Lima-Camara, Nildimar Alves Honório, and Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira



Impact of environmental manipulation for Anopheles pseudopunctipennis Theobald control on aquatic insect communities in southern Mexico (PDF)

J. G. Bond, H. Quiroz-Martínez, J. C. Rojas, J. Valle, A. Ulloa, and T. Williams



Parity and age composition for Anopheles darlingi Root (Diptera: Culicidae) and Anopheles albitarsis Lynch-Arribálzaga (Diptera: Culicidae) of the northern Amazon Basin, Brazil (PDF)

Fábio Saito Monteiro de Barros, Mércia Eliane Arruda, Simão D. Vasconcelos, José Francisco Luitgards-Moura, Ulisses Confalonieri, Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas, Pantelis Tsouris, Tamara Nunes Lima-Camara, and Nildimar Alves Honório

 


The influence of house construction on the indoor abundance of mosquitoes (PDF)

Paul I. Howell and Dave D. Chadee



Volatile compounds secreted by Brindley’s glands of adult Triatoma infestans: identification and biological activity of previously unidentified compounds (PDF)

P. González Audino, R. A. Alzogaray, C. Vassena, H. Masuh, A. Fontán, P. Gatti, A. Martínez, F. Camps, Cork, and E. Zerba



Improving efficacy of Box gravid traps for collecting Culex quinquefasciatus (PDF)

Marieta A. H. Braks and Ring T. Cardé



Environmental factors influencing survival of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in a multipurpose constructed treatment wetland in southern California (PDF)

William E. Walton, Margaret C. Wirth, and Parker D. Workman



Effect of different thermal conditions on the pre-imaginal biology of Culex apicinus (Philippi, 1865) (Dip­tera: Culicidae) (PDF)

M. Verónica Loetti, Nora E. Burroni, Nicolás Schweigmann, and Alicia de Garin



Interspecific variation in diving activity among Anopheles gambiae Giles, An. arabiensis Patton, and An. funestus Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae (PDF)

Nobuko Tuno, Andrew Githeko, Guiyun Yan, and Masahiro Takagi



Association of Bartonella with the fleas (Siphonaptera) of rodents and bats using molecular techniques (PDF)

Will K. Reeves, Thomas E. Rogers, Lance A. Durden, and Gregory A. Dasch



Spectrum of metabolic-based resistance to DDT and pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae S.L. populations from Cameroon (PDF)

Josiane Etang, Lucien Manga, Jean-Claude Toto, Pierre Guillet, Etienne Fondjo, and Fabrice Chandre


 

Vector competence of stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans L. (Diptera: Muscidae), for Enterobacter sakazakii (PDF)

F. Mramba, A.B. Broce, and L. Zurek



Vertebrate hosts of Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in California (PDF)

Martin B. Castro and Stan A. Wright,



Scientific Notes



Predator avoidance behavior of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae infected with mermithid nematodes (Nema­toda: Mermithidae) (PDF)

Megan R. Wise de Valdez

 


PCR detection of Plasmodium and blood meal identification in a native New Zealand mosquito (PDF)

Massey, D. M. Gleeson, D. Slaney, and D. M.Tompkins


 

Seasonal activity of Amblyomma spp. in Mississippi (PDF)

Jerome Goddard