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New Records of Culicidae Species with Medical Importance in the State of Paraíba, Brazil
Author(s)
Andressa de Oliveira Aragão1, Hamilton Antônio de Oliveira Monteiro2 and Eduardo Barbosa Beserra1
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DOI:10.17265/2161-6256/2017.05.009
Affiliation(s)
1. Laboratory of Entomology, Center for Integrated Pest Management, Department of Biology, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande 58109-753, PB, Brazil
2. Section of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fever, Laboratory of Entomology, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua 67030-000, PA, Brazil
ABSTRACT
This paper aimed to investigate
the Culicidae fauna in the state of Paraíba and review the possible pathogens
vector capacity of captured specimens. The catches occurred on November from day 17 to
21, 2014 in Mata do Buraquinho, João Pessoa/PB and were performed with the use
of aerial insect net and an oral aspirator. There were 88 Culicidae specimens collected
from the Buraquinho Forest. This is the first report of Aedes
fulvithorax, A. scapularis, A. serratus, A. taeniorhynchus, Anopheles nimbus, Coquillettidia albicosta, C. venezuelensis, Limatus durhamii and Mansonia titillans, also genus Wyeomyia in Paraíba state. The capacity
of these mosquitoes to transmit diseases, mainly arboviruses, outlines the need
for epidemiological surveillance in the state.
KEYWORDS
Culicidae fauna, biodiversity, epidemiology.
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