Occurrence of Toxorhynchites guadeloupensis (Dyar & Knab) in oviposition trap of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 809-811

  Honório, Nildimar A ^a,c   De Barros, Fábio S M ^b,c   Tsouris, Pantelis ^d   Rosa Freitas, Maria G ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RORAIMA   (Brazil)

^d Freitas Tsouris Consultants   (Greece)

Author keywords

Control; Dengue; Immature form; Predation; Prediction

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; TOXORHYNCHITES GUADELOUPENSIS;

EID: 37349075044     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2007000500025     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Agritempo. 2006. Sistema de monitoramento agrometeorológico. Available at http://www.agritempo.gov.br. Accessed 23 October 2006.
2. Cerqueira N.L. 1961. Distribuição geográfica dos mosquitos da Amazônia. Rev. Bras. Entom 10: 111-168.
3. Durso S.L., J.D. Demaio & J.C. Beier. 1982. Oviposional behaviour of Toxorhynchites amboinensis in a tire yard. Mosq News 42: 255-260.
4. Favier, C., N. Degallier, M.G. Rosa-Freitas, J.P. Boulanger, J.R. Costa Lima, J.F. Luitgards-Moura, C.E. Menkès, B. Mondet, C. Oliveira, E.T.S. Weimann & P. Tsouris. 2006. Early determination of the reproductive number for vector-borne diseases: The case of dengue in Brazil. Trop. Med. Int. Health 11: 343-351.
5. Focks D.A., D.A. Dame, A.L. Cameron & M.D. Boston. 1980. Predator-prey interaction between insular populations of Toxorhynchites rutilus rutilus and Aedes aegypti. Environ. Entomol. 9: 37-42.
6. Forattini O.P. 1962. Entomologia Médica, Vol. I, Univ. São Paulo, São Paulo, 662p.
7. Frank, J.H. & G.A. Curtis. 1981. On the bionomics of bromeliad-inhabiting mosquitoes. II. A review of the bromeliad-inhabiting species. J. Fla. Anti-Mosq. Assoc. 52: 4-23
8. FUNASA-SESAU-SEMSA Fundação Nacional de Saúde - Secretaria de Saúde de Roraima - Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Boa Vista. 2003. Relatório de epidemiologia, Roraima, 35p.
9. Garcia-Ávila, I. 1977. Fauna cubana de mosquitos y sus criaderos tipicos. Havana, Direccion de Publicaciones de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, 108p.
10. Guimarães J.H. 1997. Systematic database of Diptera of the Americas South of the United States, Family Culicidae, Ed. Pléiade, São Paulo, 286p.
11. Jones, C. & E. Schreiber. 1994. The carnivores, Toxorhynchites. Wing Beats, vol. 5:4.
12. Lane, J. 1953. Neotropical Culicidae, vol.1, São Paulo, Indústria Gráfica Siqueira, 125-127p.
13. Lopes, J. 1997. Ecologia de mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) em criadouros naturels e artificials de área rural do norte do estado do Paraná, Brasil. Rev. Saúde Publ. 31: 370-377.
14. Lutz, A.& A. Neiva. 1913. Contribuições para a biologia das Megarhinas com descrições de duas espécies novas. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 5: 129-141.
15. Morato V.C., M.G. Teixeira, A.C. Gomes, D.P. Bergamaschi & M.L. Barreto. 2005. Infestation of Aedes aegypti estimated by oviposition traps in Brazil. Rev. Saúde Publ. 39: 553-558.
16. Pan American Health Organization - PAHO. 2006. Dengue prevention and control guidelines. 3. Surveillance. Available at http://www.paho.org/English/ AD/DPC/CD/arias-dengue-3.pdf Accessed 2 January 2006.
17. Romero-Vivas C.M. & A.K. Falconar. 2005. Investigation of relationships between Aedes aegypti egg, larvae, pupae, and adult density indices where their main breeding sites were located indoors. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 21:15-21.
18. Reyes-Villanueva, F., M.H. Badii, M.L. Rodriguez-Tovar & M. Villarreal-Leal. 1987. Oviposition of Toxorhynchites theobaldi in different types of artificial containers in Mexico. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 3: 651-654.
19. Tun-Lin W., T.R. Burkot & B.H. Kay. 2000. Effects of temperature and larval diet on development rates and survival of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in North Queensland, Australia. Med. Vet. Entomol. 14: 31-37.
20. Van der Kuyp, E. 1954. Mosquitoes of the Neatherlands Antilles, and some other Caribbean localities. Study Fauna Curaçao, Carib. Islands 4: 144-148.