@article{fdi:010083643,
  title = {{F}eeding patterns of {H}aemagogus janthinomys ({D}iptera : culicidae) in different regions of {B}razil},
  author = {{A}lencar, {J}. and {L}orosa, {E}.{S}. and {D}{\'e}gallier, {N}icolas and {S}erra {F}reire, {N}.{M}. and {P}acheco, {J}.{B}. and {G}uimaraes, {A}.{E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{N}ew data on the feeding patterns of {H}aemagogus ({H}aemagogus) janthinomys {D}yar from different geographical regions of {B}razil, by using the precipitin test as the blood meal-identifying tool, are presented. {T}he following antisera were used: bird, dog, human, rodent, cattle, horse, and opossum. {T}he origins of 287 bloodmeals were identified, whereas 33 specimens were negative to the antiserums tested. {A}mong the reactive specimens, 174 (60.6%) fed on only one food source, of which 35.1% originated from birds, 19.5% from rodents, 12.6% from humans, 10.3% from cattle, 10.3% from opossums, 7.5% from dogs, and 4.6% from horses. {O}ne hundred six (37.0%) mosquitoes fed on two sources, of which the most common combinations were bird + rodent (16.0%), bird + human (10.4%), and horse + human (9.4%). {S}even (2.4%) mosquitoes fed on three different hosts. {O}ur results suggest that {H}g. janthinomys is more eclectic and opportunist than previously known in relation to its hosts and that such patterns are probably highly adaptive to a temporally and spatially variable environment.},
  keywords = {food habitats ; mosquito ; insect vectors ; {H}aemagogus janthinomys},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {M}edical {E}ntomology},
  volume = {42},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {981--985},
  ISSN = {0022-2585},
  year = {2005},
  DOI = {10.1093/jmedent/42.6.981},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083643},
}