Influência do ciclo lunar na atividade de vôo de Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) venezuelensis (Theobald) (Diptera, Culicidae) na Mata Atlântica, Serra do Marumbi, Morretes, Paraná, Brasil

Abstract

A BSTRACT. (n fl ucnce of thc Lunar Cycle on the Flight Activity of Coquilleltidia (R/Jy/lc/Jolaellia) velleZllelellsis (Theoba ld) (D iptera, Cu licidae) in the Atlantic Forest, Marumbi mountain, Morretes, Paraná State, Brazil. From OClober 1995 lO January 1996 a survey oflhe cu1icid spec ies menlioned above was carried oul in a restriet All anti c Forest area, located in the Marumbi mountain (approximalely 6,5 km fromlhe lown of Morreles). Shannon light trap was used during 48 nights, in lhe fo ur lunar phases: fullmoon , tirst qual1er, ne w moon and last quartel' between evening and morning twilights. A total of 594 Coqui/lellidia (Rhyncholaenia) venezue /ensis (Theobald , 191 2) specimens were eollected and the different night fli ghl aClivily in the four 11100n phases was obselved. Regarding lhe hourly activity, the peak higher numbers 01' Coqlli/lellidia velle=ue/ellsis were co llected in the tirst lh ree hours. Concerning th e envirolll11ental tàctors, temperature was found to be the more relevant one for the lli ght ac ti vity of Coqllil/ellidia vene=lIe/ensis.

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 ] . …”