Fauna, Ecological Characteristics, and Checklist of the Mosquitoes in Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran. Issue 3 (6th January 2018)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Fauna, Ecological Characteristics, and Checklist of the Mosquitoes in Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran. Issue 3 (6th January 2018)
- Main Title:
- Fauna, Ecological Characteristics, and Checklist of the Mosquitoes in Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran
- Authors:
- Nikookar, Seyed Hassan
Fazeli-Dinan, Mahmoud
Azari-Hamidian, Shahyad
Nasab, Seyed Nouraddin Mousavi
Aarabi, Mohsen
Ziapour, Seyyed Payman
Enayati, Ahmadali
Hemingway, Janet - Abstract:
- Abstract: Mosquitoes are important vectors of human and animal diseases. This study updates current knowledge on fauna, dominance, and distribution of mosquitoes in Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran, to inform disease control effort. Larval collections, using standard dippers or droppers, and adult collections, using total catches, shelter pits, CDC light traps, and human landing catches, were performed monthly in 30 villages across 16 counties, from May to December 2014. Ovitraps, baited with hay infusion as oviposition attractants or stimulants for Aedes ( Stegomyia ) mosquitoes, were installed in each village and inspected weekly for eggs. Lactophenol and Berlese media were used for preserving and mounting specimens. Overall, 36, 024 mosquito specimens (19, 840 larvae and 16, 184 adults) belonging to 4 genera and 20 species were morphologically identified. The dominance and distribution indices showed that Culex pipiens s.s. was the eudominant species with a constant distribution of larvae ( D = 69.07%, C = 100%) and adults ( D = 31.86%, C = 100%), followed by Cx tritaeniorhynchus ( D = 38.14%, C = 100%) and Anopheles maculipennis s.l. ( D = 11.05%, C = 100%) as adults. Aedes vexans was the dominant (7.85%) species, but it had a sporadic (20%) distribution. Culex torrentium and Culiseta morsitans were added as the new species to the checklist of mosquitoes in Mazandaran Province. Due to the potential role, Cx. pipiens s.s. as a vector of various pathogens, furtherAbstract: Mosquitoes are important vectors of human and animal diseases. This study updates current knowledge on fauna, dominance, and distribution of mosquitoes in Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran, to inform disease control effort. Larval collections, using standard dippers or droppers, and adult collections, using total catches, shelter pits, CDC light traps, and human landing catches, were performed monthly in 30 villages across 16 counties, from May to December 2014. Ovitraps, baited with hay infusion as oviposition attractants or stimulants for Aedes ( Stegomyia ) mosquitoes, were installed in each village and inspected weekly for eggs. Lactophenol and Berlese media were used for preserving and mounting specimens. Overall, 36, 024 mosquito specimens (19, 840 larvae and 16, 184 adults) belonging to 4 genera and 20 species were morphologically identified. The dominance and distribution indices showed that Culex pipiens s.s. was the eudominant species with a constant distribution of larvae ( D = 69.07%, C = 100%) and adults ( D = 31.86%, C = 100%), followed by Cx tritaeniorhynchus ( D = 38.14%, C = 100%) and Anopheles maculipennis s.l. ( D = 11.05%, C = 100%) as adults. Aedes vexans was the dominant (7.85%) species, but it had a sporadic (20%) distribution. Culex torrentium and Culiseta morsitans were added as the new species to the checklist of mosquitoes in Mazandaran Province. Due to the potential role, Cx. pipiens s.s. as a vector of various pathogens, further ecological studies are recommended. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of medical entomology. Volume 55:Issue 3(2018)
- Journal:
- Journal of medical entomology
- Issue:
- Volume 55:Issue 3(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 55, Issue 3 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 55
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0055-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 634
- Page End:
- 645
- Publication Date:
- 2018-01-06
- Subjects:
- fauna -- mosquitoes -- ovitraps -- Dominance indices -- Mazandaran
Insects as carriers of disease -- Periodicals
616.968 - Journal URLs:
- http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗
http://www.oxfordjournals.org ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/jme/tjx228 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0022-2585
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