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

Müller, Gerson Azulim; Bona, Ana Caroline Dalla; Marcondes, Carlos Brisóla; Navarro-Silva, Mário Antônio

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262012005000006

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“…Insects that are most active during these periods are said to be crepuscular. Recent studies have shown that the crepuscular activity rhythms of Lutzomyia longipalis (Diptera: Psychodidae) and Psorophora champerico ( Diptera: Culicidae), as well as Pityophthorus juglandis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) are modulated by environmental stimuli such as temperature, photoperiod, and humidity [ 34 , 35 , 36 ]. Trap data show that in unmanaged blueberry orchards the activity of D .…”

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Diel periodicity of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) under field conditions

2017

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Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae), an economically important pest of blueberry and other thin-skinned fruits, persists and prolifically reproduces under seemingly lethal climatic conditions in the field. However, behavioral and physiological mechanisms employed by D. suzukii to tolerate such extreme climatic conditions in the field are unknown. The primary objective of this project was to investigate diel periodicity of D. suzukii and their reproductive success under field conditions as related by climatic factors such as temperature and relative humidity. Results show that D. suzukii reproductive success was significantly higher during the night (including dawn and dusk periods) than the day in terms of oviposition, pupation, adult eclosion, and the number of progeny per female. Female D. suzukii reproductive success was not significantly different between specific regions of a blueberry bush in relation to the amount of shade provided by the canopy. Our studies indicate that D. suzukii flight activity is crepuscular and is sensitive to fluctuations in temperature and relative humidity. Results also suggest that the majority of fly activity during peak hours is concentrated in areas around the border and within the center of blueberry orchards with little activity in the surrounding wooded areas. These findings suggest that D. suzukii prefers microclimate with mild temperatures and high humidity, and does not function well when exposed to direct sunlight with extreme heat. The authors propose that D. suzukii management strategies should be implemented during the early morning and immediately before darkness to maximize efficacy.

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Diel periodicity of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) under field conditions

2017

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“…Forattini (2002), Guimarães et al (2000b) and Santos et al (2014) indicate that a set of climatic factors, such as temperature and humidity, may influence the activity of mosquitoes. According to Bona and Navarro-Silva (2008) and Muller et al (2012), the transition of the species with daytime activity to those with nocturnal activity, occurs after dusk, and the light would not be the only determining factor for this change.…”

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Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from crepuscular period in an Atlantic Forest area in Southern Brazil

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Crepuscular period is one of the factors that may influence the biting activity of mosquitoes. Many of these insects have a peak activity in this period. The purpose of this study was to investigate the afternoon crepuscular activity of Culicidae in a remaining area of Atlantic Forest in western Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Moreover, the possible influence of abiotic factors, the abundance and species richness were verified. In order to better analyze the influence of crepuscular period in specific composition and abundance of mosquitoes, the dusk was divided into three periods: pre-sunset, sunset and post-sunset. At the end of the study, nine hundred and eight four specimens distributed in 12 genera and 23 species were collected. Trichoprosopon pallidiventer (Lutz, 1905) (59.76%), Aedes crinifer (Theobald, 1903) (8.13%), Ae. scapularis (Rondani, 1848) (5.89%) were the most abundant species. Spring time presented the greatest abundance and species richness. During the study, among the three periods evaluated, pre-sunset had the greatest abundance and post-sunset the lowest. Pre-sunset and sunset had the greatest similarity between species. Regarding to the abiotic factors evaluated seven and 15 days before sampling, they did not present significant correlation for the three most abundant species. However, temperature had a positive correlation to these species. Moreover, the correlation between collected species and its possible role as vectors of etiological agents of diseases was discussed.Keywords: abiotic factors, Culicidae, Diptera, Hematophagy, Santa Catarina state. Mosquitos (Diptera

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“…In the state of Paraná, there are 205 species of Culicidae of 18 genera. This corresponds to approximately 10% of the culicid fauna of the Neotropical Region (Lozovei & Luz 1976;Lozovei 2001;Barbosa et al 2003;Bona & Navarro-Silva 2006;Guedes 2012;Müller et al 2012).…”

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Mosquito community composition in dynamic landscapes from the Atlantic Forest biome (Diptera, Culicidae)

Guedes¹,

Navarro-Silva²

2014

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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ABSTRACT. Mosquito community composition in dynamic landscapes from the Atlantic Forest biome (Diptera, Culicidae). Considering that some species of Culicidae are vectors of pathogens, both the knowledge of the diversity of the mosquito fauna and how some environment factors influence in it, are important subjects. In order to address the composition of Culicidae species in a forest reserve in southern Atlantic Forest, we compared biotic and abiotic environmental determinants and how they were associated with the occurrence of species between sunset and sunrise. The level of conservation of the area was also considered. The investigation was carried out at Reserva Natural do Morro da Mina, in Antonina, state of Paraná, Brazil. We performed sixteen mosquito collections employing Shannon traps at three-hour intervals, from July 2008 to June 2009. The characterization of the area was determined using ecological indices of diversity, evenness, dominance and similarity. We compared the frequency of specimens with abiotic variables, i.e., temperature, relative humidity and pluviosity. Seven thousand four hundred ten mosquito females were captured. They belong to 48 species of 12 genera. The most abundant genera were Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Aedes and Runchomyia. Among the species, the most abundant was Anopheles cruzii, the primary vector of Plasmodium spp. in the Atlantic Forest. Results of the analyses showed that the abiotic variables we tested did not influence the occurrence of species, although certain values suggested that there was an optimum range for the occurrence of culicid species. It was possible to detect the presence of species of Culicidae with different epidemiologic profiles and habitat preference.

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

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Diel periodicity of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) under field conditions

Diel periodicity of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) under field conditions

Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from crepuscular period in an Atlantic Forest area in Southern Brazil

Mosquito community composition in dynamic landscapes from the Atlantic Forest biome (Diptera, Culicidae)

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