New records of the Paleotropical migrant <i>Hemianax ephippiger</i> in the Caribbean and a review of its status in the Neotropics

Hedlund, Johanna; Ehrnsten, Eva; Hayward, Christina; Lehmann, Philipp; Hayward, Alex

doi:10.1080/13887890.2020.1787237

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“…The most likely route connecting the Eastern and Western Hemispheres seems to be via the central Atlantic Ocean from West Africa, where individuals would be supported by trade winds blowing towards northern South America and the Caribbean. This dispersal path has been demonstrated for two other migratory Odonata of African origin, Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) and Tramea basilaris (Pali sot de Beauvois, 1807) (Lambret et al, 2013;Hedlund et al, 2020;Meurgey & Poiron, 2012) as well as the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forsskål, 1775) (Lovejoy et al, 2006). Seasonal winds may also assist the movement of swarms of P. flavescens as far away from the tropics as about 52°N in East Asia (Borisov, 2012;Cao et al, 2015), North America (May, 2013) and, recently, also in parts of Europe (Buczyński et al, 2014); in these high latitude regions they probably do not survive the winter (Borisov, 2012;Borisov & Malikova, 2019;May, 2013).…”

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Evidence for widespread gene flow and migration in the Globe Skimmer dragonfly Pantala flavescens

Ware¹,

Kohli²,

Mendoza³

et al. 2022

IJO

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The global population structure and dispersal patterns of Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) are evaluated using a geographically extensive mitochondrial DNA dataset, a more limited samples of nuclear markers, wing isotopic (δ²H) data and a literature review. No spatial or temporal haplotype structure was recovered between the samples. Isotope data suggest that most samples were immigrants at the collection locations. A literature review of migration events for the species confirms regular inter-and intra-continental migrations occur (the majority reported from Asia, Africa and Australasia), with individuals and swarms dispersing thousands of kilometers over land and oceans. Migrations coincide with prevailing winds and seasonal rains, which points to a mechanism we name the “pantropical Pantala conveyor belt”, suggesting widespread gene flow is possible for an aquatic insect with excellent flying ability linked to rapid larval development.

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Evidence for widespread gene flow and migration in the Globe Skimmer dragonfly Pantala flavescens

Ware¹,

Kohli²,

Mendoza³

et al. 2022

IJO

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“…There are several reports on efficacy of dragonfly for control of mosquitoes [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] . In a study odonata nymphs have been releases for control of vector of dengue diseases, Aedes aegypti.…”

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Dragonflies as an Important Aquatic Predator Insect and Their Potential for Control of Vectors of Different Diseases

Vatandoost

2021

j. of mar. sci.

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Mosquitoes belong to order of Diptera. The main important vectors are genus Aedes, Culex and Anopheles. They transmit different agents such bacteria, viruses, and parasites. According to the latest information around 7 hundred million people around the world are suffering from mosquitoborne illness resulting over one million deaths. The main important disease transmitted by Anopheles is malaria. Other genus of mosquitoes including Aedes and Culex species transmit different arboviral disease to human. According to guideline of World Health Organization, the mina control of disease is vectors control. The main important vector control is using different insecticides. Using chemical insecticides for controlling mosquitoes is limited because they develop resistance against these insecticides. So, efforts have been made to control the mosquito vectors by eco-friendly techniques. In this research all, the relevant information regarding the topic of research is research through the internet and used in this paper. An intensive search of scientific literature was done in “PubMed”, “Web of Knowledge”, “Scopus”, “Google Scholar”, “SID”, etc Results shows that one of important environmental friendly vector control is biological control, using different predators and other microorganisms for vector and pest control. Dragonflies do eat mosquitos and serve as mosquito predators. They feed on mosquitos and reduce their number in outdoor areas. The dragonflies are scary biters, but they are dangerous to mosquitos. Worldwide results showed that dragonflies are able to control Aedes, Culex and Anopheles mosquito species. The artificial rearing of these predators and releasing for biological control is an appropriate measure for vector control worldwide.

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Monitoring of hitchhiker insect pests collected on foreign vessels entering Korea using by DNA barcodes

Kang,

Choi,

Hong

et al. 2023

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology

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New records of the Paleotropical migrant Hemianax ephippiger in the Caribbean and a review of its status in the Neotropics

Cited by 4 publications

References 42 publications

Evidence for widespread gene flow and migration in the Globe Skimmer dragonfly Pantala flavescens

Evidence for widespread gene flow and migration in the Globe Skimmer dragonfly Pantala flavescens

Dragonflies as an Important Aquatic Predator Insect and Their Potential for Control of Vectors of Different Diseases

Monitoring of hitchhiker insect pests collected on foreign vessels entering Korea using by DNA barcodes

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