Survey of Mosquito Fauna in San Antonio, Texas

Lee P. McPhatter; Farida Mahmood; Mustapha Debboun

doi:10.2987/12-6230R.1

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Lee P. McPhatter,¹ Farida Mahmood,¹ Mustapha Debboun²

¹US Army Public Health Command Region South, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234
²Department of Preventive Health Services, US Army Medical Department Center and School, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234

Abstract

A faunal survey of mosquitoes was conducted in 2008, 2009, and 2010 at various trapping locations throughout the city of San Antonio, TX. A total of 22,739 mosquitoes representing 41 species in 8 genera were collected during this study. The most prevalent mosquito species collected were Aedes vexans (25%), Ae. sollicitans (14%), Culex tarsalis (13.5%), and Cx. erraticus (11%). Four mosquito species (Ae. bimaculatus, Anopheles freeborni, Cx. declarator, and Psorophora horrida) not previously recorded in this area were collected, whereas several species historically occurring in San Antonio were not collected during this survey.

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Lee P. McPhatter, Farida Mahmood, and Mustapha Debboun "Survey of Mosquito Fauna in San Antonio, Texas," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 28(3), 240-247, (1 September 2012). https://doi.org/10.2987/12-6230R.1

Published: 1 September 2012