Mosquito fauna in municipal parks of São Paulo City, Brazil: a preliminary survey

J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2013 Sep;29(3):275-9. doi: 10.2987/12-6304R.1.

Abstract

A mosquito faunal survey was conducted from October 2010 to February 2011 in the municipal parks of São Paulo City, Brazil. A total of 7,015 specimens of 53 taxonomic categories grouped into 12 genera (Aedes, Anopheles, Coquilletidia, Culex, Limatus, Lutzia, Mansonia, Psorophora, Toxorhynchites, Trichoprosopon, Uranotaenia, and Wyeomyia) were collected. The largest and most peripheral parks showed greater species richness compared to smaller and more centralized parks.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biodiversity*
  • Brazil
  • Cities
  • Culicidae*
  • Larva