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Divergent host preferences of above- and below-ground Culex pipiens mosquitoes and their hybrid offspring.
Medical and veterinary entomology - 1 Jun 2015
Fritz M L, Walker E D, Miller J R, Severson D W, Dworkin I
Abstract excerpt
Culex pipiens form pipiens and Cx. pipiens form molestus (Diptera: Culicidae) belong to a cosmopolitan taxonomic group known as the Pipiens Assemblage. Hybridization between these forms is thought to contribute to human transmission of West Nile virus (WNV) in North America. Complementary choice and no-choice landing assays were developed to examine host acceptance by North American Cx. pipiens in the laboratory....
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