ENTOMOFAUNA OF MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) OF SANCTI SPÍRITUS AND VILLA CLARA PROVINCES, CUBA

Authors

  • Rigoberto Fimia-Duarte Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud «Julio Trigo López». Universidad de Ciencias Médicas «Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz» de Villa Clara, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5237-0810
  • Wilfredo Castañeda-López Unidad Provincial de Vigilancia y Lucha Antivectorial (UPVLA) de Villa Clara, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6031-7259
  • Ramón González-Gonzalez Unidad Provincial de Vigilancia y Lucha Antivectorial (UPVLA) de Villa Clara, Cuba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5837-4895
  • Gerson Fábrega-Obregón Unidad Provincial de Vigilancia y Lucha Antivectorial (UPVLA) de Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
  • José Iannacone Laboratorio de Ecología y Biodiversidad Animal (LEBA). Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática (FCCNM). Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal (UNFV). El Agustino, Lima, Perú. - Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Ricardo Palma. Santiago de Surco, Lima, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3699-4732
  • Carlos Ramos-López-Silvero Unidad Provincial de Vigilancia y Lucha Antivectorial (UPVLA) de Villa Clara, Cuba.
  • Yanira Zaita-Ferrer Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud «Julio Trigo López». Universidad de Ciencias Médicas «Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz» de Villa Clara, Cuba https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4320-5085

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rtb2015132170

Abstract

The objective of this investigation was to identify the entomofauna of mosquitoes existing in Sancti Spíritus and Villa Clara provinces, Cuba. Fluvial ecosystems were sampled which constitute the resting, oviposition and breeding sites of mosquitoes; artificial recipients in disuse, records/passive files, and existing maps in the provincial units were used. The investigation covered a period of 16 years (1999-2014). A total of 34 species of mosquitoes (49.27%) from nine genera of Sancti Spíritus province were identified, while in Villa Clara, the number increased to 43 species (62.31%) from 15
genera, all this, taking into consideration the 69 species of mosquitoes recorded for Cuba. The
qualitative similarity of the entomofauna between Villa Clara and Sancti Spiritus was 60.42%. The most common species in both provinces were: Anopheles albimanus, Culex quinquefasciatus, Cx. nigripalpus y Psorophora confinnis. The results demonstrated the great ecological plasticity of existing culicid entomofauna in both provinces of Cuba.

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Published

2015-09-08

How to Cite

Fimia-Duarte, R., Castañeda-López, W., González-Gonzalez, R., Fábrega-Obregón, G., Iannacone, J., Ramos-López-Silvero, C., & Zaita-Ferrer, Y. (2015). ENTOMOFAUNA OF MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) OF SANCTI SPÍRITUS AND VILLA CLARA PROVINCES, CUBA. The Biologist, 13(2), 173–182. https://doi.org/10.24039/rtb2015132170

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