Tests for multiple insemination of females involving irradiated and unirradiated male Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae).

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1981

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

41

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

154-156

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Zalom, F. G., S. M. Asman and J. E. Fields.

 

Abstract

Multiple inseminations occurred among Culex tarsalis females simultaneously exposed to irradiated males and to unirradiated males that carried the black-eye genetic marker. Two of 38 egg rafts deposited by females simultaneously exposed to the irradiated males and unirradiated males produced individuals with normal-eyes and black-eyes indicating multiple insemination. No mixed hatch egg rafts were obtained when females were exposed 1st to irradiated males and after 3 days to unirradiated males.

Notes

Author(s) - Zalom, F. G., S. M. Asman and J. E. Fields.