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10.25100/socolen.v47i2.10535
Submitted: 19-08-2020
Published: 22-07-2021

Quantitative biological response of two predators (Heteroptera: Notonectidae) in the larval control of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga
Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga
Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga
Instituto de Ecologia: Xalapa
Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga
Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Keywords: predation, biological control, Notonecta peruviana, Buenoa fasciata, Aedes aegypti

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Ayala-Sulca YO, Colos-Galindo P, Portal-Quicaña E, Ibarra-Juárez L, Cóndor-Alarcón R, Carrasco-Badajoz C, et al. Quantitative biological response of two predators (Heteroptera: Notonectidae) in the larval control of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 2021 Jul. 22 [cited 2026 Oct. 18];47(2):e10535. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/10535
Una abeja doméstica, Apis mellifera L., 1758 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) visitando una flor de maracuyá amarillo Passiflora edulis fo. flavicarpa O. Deg. (Passifloraceae). Foto cortesía de Takumasa Kondo.
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Abstract

Predation is a biotic factor that influences the structure and functioning of ecosystems, its effect can be quantified through functional (FR) and numerical response in a successful-invasion context. We use FR to understand the coevolutionary relationships, and measured the biological response of the predators Notonecta peruviana and Buenoa fasciata in the control of fourth-stage larvae of Aedes aegypti (F1) at different densities (5, 10, 20, 35, 55 and 80 larvae / liter). Fasting predators (48 hours) were introduced to the test containers
(one individual per species) and the FR, the number of preys consumed (Ne), the attack coefficient (a) and handling time (Th). N. peruviana and B. fasciata developed a type II FR in the consumption of larvae of Ae. aegypti (p ≤ 0.01), and occupied close handling times (Th) (t = –1.93; df = 12; p = 0.078). N. peruviana preyed (Ne) twice as many larvae of Ae. aegypti (p ≤ 0.05) and showed a higher attack coefficient (a) in relation to B. fasciata (t = 14.92;
df = 12; p = 0.000). The predators N. peruviana and B. fasciata rapidly destabilized and consumed the preys. N. peruviana preyed twice as many larvae, attributable to the recent
predator-prey effect compared to the possible coevolutionary adjustment between B. fasciata and Ae. aegypti. It would be important to consider the predator species in the vector control
programs for aedine mosquitoes.

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Ayala-Sulca YO, Colos-Galindo P, Portal-Quicaña E, Ibarra-Juárez L, Cóndor-Alarcón R, Carrasco-Badajoz C, et al. Quantitative biological response of two predators (Heteroptera: Notonectidae) in the larval control of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 2021 Jul. 22 [cited 2026 Oct. 18];47(2):e10535. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/10535
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Copyright (c) 2021 Yuri Olivier Ayala-Sulca, Percy Colos-Galindo, Edwin Portal-Quicaña, Luis Ibarra-Juárez, Reynán Cóndor-Alarcón, Carlos Carrasco-Badajoz, Rina Ramírez