| diversity of mosquito vectors (diptera: culicidae) in caxiuanã, pará, brazil. | this paper presents a study based on ecological parameters represented by diversity and richness indices applied in a community of mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae), at the national forest of caxiuanã, melgaço municipality, state of pará, in the brazilian amazon. a total of 25,433 specimens of culicids were collected in the study, from five field collection periods, over 10 months, between 2005 and 2006. specimens were collected in four heights of the forest (ground level, 8 m, 16 m, and 30 m-cano ... | 2012 | 22997514 |
| comparison of automatic traps to capture mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) in rural areas in the tropical atlantic rainforest. | in several countries, surveillance of insect vectors is accomplished with automatic traps. this study addressed the performance of mosquito magnet® independence (mmi) in comparison with those of cdc with co2 and lactic acid (cdc-a) and cdc light trap (cdc-lt). the collection sites were in a rural region located in a fragment of secondary tropical atlantic rainforest, southeastern brazil. limatus durhami and limatus flavisetosus were the dominant species in the mmi, whereas ochlerotatus scapulari ... | 0 | 24402154 |
| revision of the spissipes section of culex (melanoconion) (diptera:culicidae). | twenty-two species in the spissipes section of culex (melanoconion) are recognized and two taxonomic changes are made: culex alvarezi sutil oramas, pulido florenzano and amarista meneses is synonymized with culex spissipes (theobald), and culex nicaroensis duret has been determined not to belong to the subgenus melanoconion and is here treated as a member of the genus culex without subgeneric assignment. descriptions of adult female and male, female cibarium, and genitalia of both sexes are prov ... | 1996 | 8887711 |
| taxonomic and ecological notes on culex (melanoconion) spissipes (theobald). | | 1968 | 5687744 |