Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Diversity of a Forest-Fragment Mosaic in the Amazon Rain Forest


Autoria(s): HUTCHINGS, Rosa Sa Gomes; SALLUM, Maria Anice Mureb; HUTCHINGS, Roger William
Contribuinte(s)

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

19/10/2012

19/10/2012

2011

Resumo

To study the impact of Amazonian forest fragmentation on the mosquito fauna, an inventory of Culicidae was conducted in the upland forest research areas of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project located 60 km north of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. The culicid community was sampled monthly between February 2002 and May 2003. CDC light traps, flight interception traps, manual aspiration, and net sweeping were used to capture adult specimens along the edges and within forest fragments of different sizes (1, 10, and 100 ha), in second-growth areas surrounding the fragments and around camps. We collected 5,204 specimens, distributed in 18 genera and 160 species level taxa. A list of mosquito taxa is presented with 145 species found in the survey, including seven new records for Brazil, 16 new records for the state of Amazonas, along with the 15 morphotypes that probably represent undescribed species. No exotic species [Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse)] were found within the sampled areas. Several species collected are potential vectors of Plasmodium causing human malaria and of various arboviruses. The epidemiological and ecological implications of mosquito species found are discussed, and the results are compared with other mosquito inventories from the Amazon region.

Extincao e invasao de especies em resposta a fragmentacao florestal: Insetos como indicadores

Dinamica de comunidades de formigas e dipteros Culicidae em fragmentos florestais da Amazonia

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia[PPI 1-3580]

CNPq[300351/2008-9]

FAPEAM[1437/2007]

Programa de Apoio a Nucleos de Excelencia (Pronex)

Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo, FAPESP[05/53973-0]

Identificador

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, v.48, n.2, p.173-187, 2011

0022-2585

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/26509

10.1603/ME10061

http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ME10061

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eng

Publicador

ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC AMER

Relação

Journal of Medical Entomology

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Palavras-Chave #Amazonas #tropical rain forest #diversity #distribution #forest fragments #SYLVATIC YELLOW-FEVER #HAEMAGOGUS-JANTHINOMYS #BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA #VECTOR COMPETENCE #AEDES-ALBOPICTUS #ROCIO VIRUS #STATE #MANAUS #EPIDEMIC #DISEASE #Entomology #Veterinary Sciences
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original article

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