Distribuição sazonal de Culex (Culex) eduardoi Casal &amp; Garcia (Diptera, Culicidae) em criadouros antrópicos introduzidos em mata residual degradada, área urbana de Curitiba, Paraná,Brasil

Considering the importance of Culicidae species to public health, this study aimed to update and provide better understanding of the mosquito fauna in an Atlantic Forest preservation area in Paranaguá, Paraná State, Southern Brazil. This was achieved via a mosquito survey with a subsequent analysis of the impact of abiotic factors on the composition of the mosquito community. A total of 1641 culicid specimens of 42 species and 10 genera were identified. The most abundant taxa were Aedes serratus/nubilus, Psorophora ferox and Anopheles cruzii, the latter being the main vector of malaria in the Atlantic Forest. Culex abonnenci, a species that had not yet been recorded in Paraná State, was also identified. Rainfall and temperature were found to have a high influence on some species, such as Aedes hortator, Ps. ferox and An. cruzii. This study demonstrates that performing new studies in already researched regions is relevant, as new species may be recorded. In addition, analysing the effects of abiotic factors on mosquito species is important to understand how climate change influences the composition of species in certain areas and therefore impacts the dynamics of diseases propagated by insect vectors.

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Community structure of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the coast of Southern Brazil

Santos

Favretto

Navarro-Silva

2019

Austral Entomology

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An Update of Mosquitoes of Argentine Patagonia With New Distribution Records

Rossi¹,

Vezzani²

2011

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

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The objective of this study was to update mosquito species distribution in Argentine Patagonia based on new field collections and to examine the material deposited in the La Plata Museum. Culex coronator, Cx. brethesi, and Cx. castroi represented new records for the region, increasing mosquito fauna of Patagonia to 15 species. The expansion of the geographic distribution of Cx. apicinus, Cx. articularis, and Cx. eduardoi at the province level was also provided. Current knowledge about mosquito fauna of Patagonia is restricted mainly to geographic distribution records. Further studies on the bionomic of mosquito species in Patagonian conditions are needed.

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Distribuição sazonal de Culex (Culex) eduardoi Casal & Garcia (Diptera, Culicidae) em criadouros antrópicos introduzidos em mata residual degradada, área urbana de Curitiba, Paraná,Brasil

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Community structure of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the coast of Southern Brazil

Community structure of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the coast of Southern Brazil

An Update of Mosquitoes of Argentine Patagonia With New Distribution Records

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