The mosquito family (Diptera: Culicidae) constitutes the most medically important group of
arthropods because certain species are vectors of human pathogens. In some parts of the …

In recent centuries, the mosquito Aedes aegypti has spread into most urban areas
throughout the tropics. This species is considered the main vector of the chikungunya …

Context Many aquatic communities are linked by the aerial dispersal of multiple, interacting
species and are thus structured by processes occurring in both the aquatic and terrestrial …

Amazonian savannas are among the most noteworthy landscape components of the coastal
plain of French Guiana. Although they cover only 0.22% of the territory, they bring together a …

Priority effects (PE), wherein species colonizing a habitat early have a negative impact on
later colonizers, can have profound and legacy effects on community organization. In …

We aimed to determine how the degree of urbanization in a Neotropical city influences
Aedes aegypti (L.), a pantropical vector of urban yellow fever, dengue, Zika and …

In an inundated Mexican forest, 89 out of 92 myrmecophytic tank bromeliads (Aechmea
bracteata) housed an associated ant colony: 13 sheltered Azteca serica, 43 Dolichoderus …

High-speed microcinematography was used to elucidate the details of prey capture by the
larvae of three predatory mosquito species. The obligate predators Toxorhynchites …

We discovered the immature stages of Wyeomyia shannoni Lane & Cerqueira, 1942,
unknown for almost 80 years, and found that they, as well as the adult male, are identical …

A total of 194 specimens were collected (160 larvae, 34 pupae) representing 6 species from
4 genera (Aedes aegypti, Ae. scapularis, Culex coronator, Cx. nigripalpus, Haemagogus …