Aedes, Meigen, 1818

Atwa, Atwa A., Bilgrami, Anwar L. & Al-Saggaf, Ahmad I. M., 2017, Host-parasite interaction and impact of mite infection on mosquito population, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 61 (2), pp. 101-106 : 102

Aedes parasitized by parasitic mites

Parathyas barbigera parasitized all species of Aedes . Arrenurus acuminatus and Ar.kenki parasitized Ae.pallidostriatus and Ae.pipersalatus whereas, Ar. gibberifrons infected Ae. novalbopictus ( Table 1). Arrrenurus danbyensis , Ar. madaraszi , Leptus sp. , and Anystis sp. , did not parasitize any individual of Aedes .

Parathyas barbigera parasitized maximum number of Ae. aegypti (63.13%) with mean infection intensity of 5.59 (p ≤ 0.05) and parasitic load of 1–21 ( Table 1). Mites parasitized fewer individuals of Ae. albopictus (11.49%) but the mean infection intensity (4.29) and parasitic load (1–9) was significantly higher than other Aedes species. The other Aedes species were parasitized between 2.35 and 8.21% of the collected population, with mean infection rate and parasitic load ranging between 1.48–5.7 and 1–10 respectively ( Table 1).