Mosquito survey (Diptera: Culicidae) from Environmental Conservation Unit Desterro, Santa Catarina Island, Southern Brazil

Authors

  • Mariana Reis Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia
  • Gerson Azulim Müller Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia
  • Carlos Brisola Marcondes Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia

Keywords:

Aedes, Anopheles, Atlantic Forest, new records, vectors

Abstract

Two thousand and sixty one specimens distributed in 36 species of mosquitoes were collected between August 2007 and May 2008 at the Environmental Conservation Unit Desterro (located in Santa Catarina State, Brazil). The five most abundant species were: Runchomyia reversa (29.74%), Ochlerotatus scapularis (14.80%), Wyeomyia pallidoventer (9.51%), Anopheles cruzii (8.30%) and Sabethes purpureus (7.03%). Ten species of Culicidae are firstly reported to the Santa Catarina State, and of these, six belong to the genus Wyeomyia.
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Published

2010-09-01

How to Cite

Reis, M., Müller, G. A., & Marcondes, C. B. (2010). Mosquito survey (Diptera: Culicidae) from Environmental Conservation Unit Desterro, Santa Catarina Island, Southern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 10(3). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/659

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2010): v10n3

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