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Mesocyclops aspericornis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Subclass
  
Copepoda

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Maxillopoda

Order
  
Cyclopoida

Similar
  
Mesocyclops, Macrocyclops albidus, Cyclopidae, Thermocyclops, Cyclopoida

Mesocyclops aspericornis


Mesocyclops aspericornis is a freshwater copepod species in the genus Mesocyclops found in the tropics. It was collected from Sumatra, Singapore and Hawaii.

Together with the mosquito species Toxorhynchites speciosus, M. aspericornis forms a compatible predator pair for reduction of larval Aedes notoscriptus and Culex quinquefasciatus populations in tire habitats in Queensland. It has also been used in combination with Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis in controlling Aedes aegypti larvae in Thailand.

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Mesocyclops aspericornis Wikipedia