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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lafferty KD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5830668 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biology letters 20180201 2
The Asian tiger mosquito, <i>Aedes albopictus,</i> appears to have been extirpated from Palmyra Atoll following rat eradication. Anecdotal biting reports, collection records, and regular captures in black-light traps showed the species was present before rat eradication. Since then, there have been no biting reports and no captures over 2 years of extensive trapping (black-light and scent traps). By contrast, the southern house mosquito, <i>Culex quinquefasciatus,</i> was abundant before and aft ...[more]