Larval interference competition between the native Neotropical mosquito #Limatus durhamii# and the invasive #Aedes aegypti# improves the fitness of both species

Talaga S., Déjean A., Mouza C., Dumont Y., Leroy C.
2017

Interspecific competition with native species during biological invasions can sometimes limit alien expansion. We aimed to determine the potential ecological effects of Limatus durhamii Theobald 1901, a native Neotropical mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) species, on the invasive species Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus 1762) that breeds in the same artificial water containers. Development time ...

Organismes nuisibles des animaux; Ecologie animale