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.

[1] 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.

[2] It has also been used in combination with Bacillus thuringiensis var.

israelensis in controlling Aedes aegypti larvae in Thailand.