Populations of larvae of Anopheles spp. in natural breeding sites in Western Venezuela, an area of refractory malaria

• Main Authors: Eliana Rojas (Author), Eric Brown (Author), Clistenes Rosas (Author), José V. Scorza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 1992-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 1518-8787; 10.1590/s0034-89101992000500007
• Keywords: Anopheles; Ecologia de vetores; Água doce; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Revista de Saúde Pública, Vol 26, Iss 5, Pp 336-342 (1992)

Studies have been un dertaken into on the diversity and relative abundance of larvae of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) spp. in 22 permanent or temporary pools in an area of 70 km² in the eastern piedmont of the Venezuela Andes, between the mountains and the plains, an area in which malaria is refractory and A. nuñeztovari is present. Twelve species were identified, the most frequent, abundant and sympatric being A. triannulatus, A. albitarsis, A. nuñeztovari, A. oswaldoi and A. strodei. The samples from the permanent pools showed greater diversity of species and greater numbers of larvae than the samples from the temporary pools. The existence of the same larval associations in pools of other localities in the eastern piedmont of the Venezuelan Andes suggests the possibility of the making an ecological map of the breeding sites of A. nuñeztovari and for these anophelines in a region extending for 430 km.