Influência do ciclo lunar na captura de Aedes scapularis (Diptera, Culicidae) na Mata Atlântica do Paraná

Abstract

scapularis (Rondani, 1948) was studied in a small area of the Atlantic Forest, Serra do Marumbi, Morretes, Paraná, Brazil. Adults were captured with Shannon light traps for 48 nights, representing 12 nights for seven time intervals. Traps were operated from dusk to dawn. The influences on flight activity of the lunar phase, ambient temperature, relative humidity, and rainfall were analyzed. Ae. scapularis had a flight behaviour different in each of the four lunar phases. In relation to flight period, the species showed higher activity during the first three lunar intervals. Among the climatic variables, temperature and relative humidity positively influenced flight activity during the night.

Crepuscular activity of culicids (Diptera, Culicidae) in the peridomicile and in the remaining riparian forest in Tibagi river, State of Paraná, Brazil

“…Sant'Ana & Lozovei 2001;Silva et al 2004;Bona & Navarro-Silva 2008). In the western region of the state, forests have been reduced to small fragments near rivers and creeks because of the land use mainly for agriculture.…”

Does moonlight influence the biting behaviour of Anopheles funestus?

“…The problem might be exacerbated if the relative abundance of biting vectors also increased at this time. Although many studies have found this to be the case (Bidlingmayer, 1964; Pandian & Chadrashekan, 1980; Charlwood et al , 1986a; Birley & Charlwood, 1989; Chadee, 1992), others have failed to demonstrate any effect of moonlight on mosquito densities (Singh et al , 1996) and yet others have described lower densities at full moon periods (Miller et al , 1970; Davies, 1975; Rubio‐Palis, 1992; Constantini et al , 1998; Sant’Ana & Lozovei, 2001; Souza et al , 2005). Some of these authors used light traps to collect mosquitoes outside.…”

Culicidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha) in the southern Brazilian ‘Ana Leuch Lozovei’ collection, with notes on distribution and diversity

“…Most of the samples in the collection are from the dense ombrophilous forest phytogeographic region ( n = 4,831), with 4,774 (98%) of these being from the municipality of Morretes. Bearing in mind the availability of conservation areas in the region, Morretes has long been used by different researchers as a place for culicid collection [ 87 – 90 ] . …”

“…These data were the basis for creating a map covering the phytogeographic areas [ 85 ] , utilizing QGIS software (V. 3.22.3-Białowieża, RRID: SCR_018507 ) [ 92 ] . The culicids in the collection were captured by different methods, such as entomological nets, aspiration, US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) light traps, and Shannon traps containing a fluorescent bulb as bait [ 13 , 87 , 88 ] . …”