Some limnic copepod species are predators of mosquito larvae. Seven species belonging to the order Cyclopoida, family Cyclopidae, were collected in the field in Germany and tested for the first time in laboratory bioassays for their potential to serve as biological control agents of the invasive Asian bush mosquito Aedes japonicus (Theobald), a vector of various pathogens causing disease. Females of Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus) did not attack 1^st instar larvae of Ae. japonicus, but Macrocyclops distinctus (Richard), Cyclops divergens Lindberg, and C. heberti Einsle predated a mean of 14, 18, or 19 1^st instar larvae, respectively. Acanthocyclops einslei Mirabdullayev and Defaye killed 30 larvae, and high predation rates with a mean of 39 or 46 larvae, respectively, were obtained by Megacyclops viridis (Jurine) and M. gigas (Claus). In regression analyses, predation rates by M. viridis correlated with body size, with specimens of 1.8 mm length being more effective than smaller or bigger ones. Based on the presented data, the two Megacyclops species seem to be promising candidates for use in field studies on the biological control of Ae. japonicus.

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由德国本土的pe足类物种对入侵蚊子伊蚊（Diptera：Culicidae）的捕食。

某些足类pe足类是蚊虫幼虫的天敌。在德国的田野中收集到了属于Cyclopoida目Cyclopidae科的七个物种，并首次在实验室生物测定法中进行了测试，以作为其作为入侵媒介亚洲灌木蚊伊蚊（Theobald）（载体）的生物防治剂的潜力。引起疾病的各种病原体。雌性Diacyclops bicuspidatus（圣诞老人）没有攻击1^日龄幼虫阂。刺参，但Macrocyclops distinctus（理查德），水蚤divergens林德伯格，和C. heberti Einsle早14的平均，图18，或19 1^日幼虫分别。Acanthocyclops einslei Mirabdullayev和Defaye杀死了30只幼虫，分别通过巨型圆环虫（Jurine）和M. gigas（克劳斯）获得了平均39或46个幼虫的高捕食率。在回归分析，通过捕食率M.贻贝与身体的大小相关，具有1.8毫米的长度小于或更大的人更有效的试样。根据提供的数据，这两个大环藻物种似乎是有前途的候选物，可用于田间研究Ae的生物防治。刺参。