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- Title
Distribución geográfica de mosquitos adultos (Diptera: Culicidae) en áreas selváticas de Colima, México.
- Authors
Espinoza-Gómez, Francisco; Arredondo-Jiménez, Juan Ignacio; Maldonado-Rodríguez, Arcadio; Pérez-Rentería, Crescencio; Newton-Sánchez, Óscar A.; Chávez-Flores, Edgar; Gómez-Ibarra, Ernesto
- Abstract
In order to update the checklist of wild mosquitoes in the state of Colima, in the western coast of Mexico, an entomological survey was conducted in 33 sampling sites using human bait, CDC traps with CO2 and mechanical aspirator during 2007. A total of 3 076 mosquitoes were collected, of which the most abundant species were: Aedes taeniorhynchus, A. trivittatus and Deinocerites pseudes. Coastal sites, with higher temperature and lower elevation above sea level showed the highest densities of mosquitoes. The most abundant species had an aggregated distribution and there were 18 species previously unrecorded for Colima. Some of the species found are of public health importance, therefore, it is suggested to include undisturbed places and sparcely populated settlements in entomological surveillance.
- Subjects
COLIMA (Colima, Mexico); MOSQUITOES; RAIN forests; DEINOCERITES; TEMPERATURE
- Publication
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2013, Vol 84, Issue 2, p685
- ISSN
1870-3453
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7550/rmb.27184