TY - JOUR AU - Chandra, Goutam AU - Mandal, Samir K. AU - Ghosh, Arup K. AU - Das, Dipanwita AU - Banerjee, Siddhartha S. AU - Chakraborty, Sumanta PY - 2008 DA - 2008/10/15 TI - Biocontrol of larval mosquitoes by Acilius sulcatus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 138 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Problems associated with resistant mosquitoes and the effects on non-target species by chemicals, evoke a reason to find alternative methods to control mosquitoes, like the use of natural predators. In this regard, aquatic coleopterans have been explored less compared to other insect predators. In the present study, an evaluation of the role of the larvae of Acilius sulcatus Linnaeus 1758 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) as predator of mosquito immatures was made in the laboratory. Its efficacy under field condition was also determined to emphasize its potential as bio-control agent of mosquitoes. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-138 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-8-138 ID - Chandra2008 ER -