Research Article

Diversity of Mosquito Vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) in Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil

Table 1

Culicid species collected at the LBA tower site in Caxiuanã, Melgaço, Pará, Brazil.

SpeciesTotal specimensFrequency (%)

Culex portesi2134183.911
Coquillettidia venezuelensis8313.267
Haemagogus janthinomys8143.201
Culex spissipes5212.049
Sabethes chloropterus2591.018
Wyeomyia aporonoma2130.837
Haemagogus leucocelaenus1730.680
Culex adamesi1700.668
Wyeomyia sp.1240.488
Ochlerotatus serratus940.370
Sabethes cyaneus840.330
Culex sp.830.326
Culex vomerifer710.279
Culex (Melanoconion) sp.1560.220
Limatus pseudometisticus560.220
Coquillettidia albicosta500.197
Ochlerotatus arborealis470.185
Sabethes belisarioi440.173
Culex spp.420.165
Ochlerotatus agyrothorax420.165
Sabethes glaucodaemon410.161
Culex taeniopus330.130
Culex (Microculex) sp.260.102
Anopheles nimbus250.098
Limatus flavisetosus220.087
Coquillettidia arribalzagai210.083
Sabethes tarsopus200.079
Limatus durhamii180.071
Sabethes amazonicus170.067
Phoniomyia sp.140.055
Culex declarator100.039
Culex (carroli)   sp.100.039
Sabethes forattini90.035
Culex (Melanoconion)  sp.280.031
Anopheles mediupunctatus40.016
Ochlerotatus fulvus40.016
Chagasia bonneai30.012
Culex pedroi30.012
Ochlerotatus fulvithorax30.012
Orthopodomyia fascipes30.012
Tricoprosopon digitatum30.012
Anopheles peryassui20.008
Anopheles sp.20.008
Haemagogus sp.20.008
Ochlerotatus septemstriatus20.008
Ochlerotatus ostator20.008
Uranotaenia hystera20.008
Wyeomyia melanocephala20.008
Coquillettidia nigricans10.004
Ochlerotatus scapularis10.004
Sabethes sp.10.004
Sabethes quasicyaneus10.004
Uranotaenia calosomata10.004
Psorophora albipes10.004

Total25433100