Studies on mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and anthropic environment: 4 - Survey of resting adults and synanthropic behaviour in South-Eastern, Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública

Oswaldo Paulo Forattini²  Iná Kakitani²  Eduardo Massad¹  Daniel Marucci² 

[1] ,University of S. Paulo School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology

关键词: Mosquitoes;    Ecology;    vectors;    Mosquitos;    Ecologia de vetores;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-89101993000600002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Resting adults Culicidae were collected from January 1992 through January 1993 in several habitats of the Ribeira Valley region. The diversity of species found among them suggested that the vegetation remaining within human settlements favored the survival and the population increase of some mosquitoes. Among there are: Ae. scapularis, Ae. serratus, Cx. (Culex), Cx. nigripalpus and Cx. (Melanoconion) such as Cx. ribeirensis. That preservation role may be attributed to the rearing of livestock and the consequent increase in the number of blood sources. These species may be classified as hemisynanthropes and Cx. oedipus apparently evolving to the eusynanthropic status. On the other hand, An. cruzii showed an asynanthropic behaviour, with a low degree of survival in the modified human environment. Epidemiological implications of the data are mentioned.

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