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Mesocyclops aspericornis

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Species of crustacean

Mesocyclops aspericornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Genus: Mesocyclops
Species: M. aspericornis
Binomial name
Mesocyclops aspericornis
(Daday, 1906)

Mesocyclops aspericornis is a freshwater copepod species in the genus Mesocyclops found in the tropics. It was collected from Sumatra, Singapore and Hawaii.

Together with the mosquito species Toxorhynchites speciosus, M. aspericornis forms a compatible predator pair for reduction of larval Aedes notoscriptus and Culex quinquefasciatus populations in tire habitats in Queensland. It has also been used in combination with Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis in controlling Aedes aegypti larvae in Thailand.

References

  1. Redescription of Mesocyclops aspericornis (Daday, 1906) (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from an Indian pond. Amtuz Zehra and K. Altaff, J. Plankton Res. (2002) 24 (5), pages 481-493, doi:10.1093/plankt/24.5.481
  2. Evaluation of Mesocyclops aspericornis (Cyclopoida:Cyclopidae) and Toxorhynchites speciosus as integrated predators of mosquitoes in tire habitats in Queensland. Brown MD, Hendrikz JK, Greenwood JG and Kay BH, J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1996 Sep;12(3 Pt 1), pages 414-420, PMID 8887220
  3. Enhancement of the efficacy of a combination of Mesocyclops aspericornis and Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis by community-based products in controlling Aedes aegypti larvae in Thailand. Kosiyachinda P, Bhumiratana A and Kittayapong P, Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Aug;69(2), pages 206-212, PMID 13677377
Taxon identifiers
Mesocyclops aspericornis


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