| | Description on study | Identified microbiota species and effects on mosquito larvae | References |
| | Microinvertebrates coinhabited with mosquito larvae of Ae. vittatus, An. gambiae, Cx. macfiei, Cx. perfidiosus, Cx. pipiens, and Cx. simpsoni were identified from patchy rock pools on inselbergs within Kaduna state, Nigeria | (i) Protists: Paramecium caudatum, Pleurotricha sp., and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
(ii) Rotifers: Brachionus plicatilis and Philodina sp.
(iii) Microcrustaceans: Ephemeroporous barroisi, Bosmina longirostris, Daphnia pulex, Diaphanosoma birgei, Diaphanosoma brachyurum, Laptonopsis occidentalis, Macrothrix pulex, Macrothrix rosea, Moinodaphnia macleayi, Moina macrocopa, Sida crystallina, Bradleystrandesia reticulata, Candona intermedia, Candona parallela, Cypria obesa, Heterocypris incongruens, Potamocypris hyboforma, Cyclops sp., and Macrocyclops sp. | Obi et al. [17] | | The associated invertebrate taxa with mosquito larvae were studied in temporary ponds of wetland areas in Germany | (i) Ciliates, rotifers, microcrustaceans (Cladocera, Copepoda, and Ostracoda), isopods (Asellus)
(ii) Microcrustaceans were identified as the most abundant and most frequently encountered invertebrates
(iii) The abundance of Aedes spp. was affected by the presence of Ceriodaphnia spp., Chydorus spp., Daphnia spp., Simocephalus spp., Calanoida, and larvae of Chironomidae as they competed efficiently with mosquito larvae for food resources
(iv) Cyclopoida act as antagonists while Zygoptera and Dytiscidae which were known as strict predators exerted the smallest influence | Elono et al. [114] | | Prevalence of microfauna associated with different mosquito breeding habitats in Mawanella area in Sri Lanka | (i) Coleps hirtus, Zoothamnium sp., Vorticella sp., Chaetonotus sp., Ichthydium sp., Lecane sp., and Rotaria sp. | Amarasinghe and Rathnayaka [115] | | Ecological characterization of Ae. aegypti larval habitats in artificial water containers in Girardot, Colombia | (i) Three main taxa of algae were found, Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, and Cyanobacteria. The diversity of Bacillariophyceae was higher in the larval habitats, and only Cyanobacteria were positively related to the abundance of immature stage of Ae. aegypti
(ii) Oscillatoria, Dactylococcopsis, Nostoc, Synedra, Scenedesmus, Pinnularia, Cymbella, Meridium, Navicula, and Dictyosphaerium were identified as the most abundant algal genera
(iii) Oscillatoria, which belonged to Cyanobacteria, had the greatest abundance
(iv) The only zooplankton found were some rotifers, in very small numbers, and in only a few samples | Garcia-Sánchez et al. [70] | | Biotic factors associated with the presence of Anopheles arabiensis immatures and their abundance in naturally occurring and manmade aquatic habitats at low altitudes in remote areas in Reunion Island | (i) Main variables associated with the presence of An. arabiensis larvae in habitats were green algae and the Cyperaceae plant family
(ii) An. arabiensis larvae were associated with approximately 13 species of macroinvertebrates | Gouagna et al. [116] | | Microbiota associated with irrigated rice fields in Sri Lanka | (i) Identified 94 species of invertebrates belonged to 10 phyla | Bambaradeniya et al. [117] | | Microbiota associated with a variety of mosquito breeding habitats in Kurunegala and Gampaha districts, Sri Lanka | (i) Forty-five microbiota species/taxa from Gampaha district and 44 microbiota species/taxa from Kurunegala district were identified which belonged to Amoebozoa, Arthropoda, Bacillariophyta, Ciliophora, Charophyta, Chlorophyta, Sarcodina, Cyanobacteria/Cyanophyta, Euglenozoa, Ochrophyta/Heterokontophyta, and Rotifera | Ranasinghe and Amarasinghe [33] and Amarasinghe and Ranasinghe [32] | | Microbiota associated with mosquito larvae collected from different larval habitats in Mysore | (i) Had a greater proposition of species belonged to the phylum Bacillariophyceae compared to other species in the phyla of Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Desmidaceae, and Euglenophyceae
(ii) An. stephensi mosquito larvae were associated with the filamentous chlorophyte green algae, Spirogyra spp., which was served as food for them
(iii) Filamentous cyanobacterium, Oscillatoria species, was encountered in breeding sources of Cx. quinquefasciatus | Charles et al. [118] | | Algae species associated with mosquito breeding habitats in Michigan state | (i) Anopheline larvae were strongly associated with naturally occurring algae in their habitats | Wallace and Merritt [119] |
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