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4 December 2020 Assemblage variation of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in different land use and activity periods within a lowland tropical forest matrix in Campeche, Mexico
Carlos Antonio Abella-Medrano, David Roiz, Carlos González-Rebeles Islas, Claudia Lorena Salazar-Juárez, Rafael Ojeda-Flores
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Abstract

Most mosquito species are active during a certain part of the day, but climatic factors such as light intensity and relative humidity play an important role in the control of their activity. We selected three types of land use that were sampled in state of Campeche in 2018 (low semi-evergreen forest, secondary low semi-evergreen forest, and mango plantation), using ten CDC light traps baited with CO2, that were active during nine hours of three activity periods (dawn, noon, and nightfall). A GLM was used to investigate changes in the assembly of mosquitoes between different types of land use and temporal variations. Rank abundance curves were used to detect changes in the spatial and activity period of the mosquitoes and we then calculated the Exponential Shannon Index. A total of 6,110 mosquitoes belonging to 23 species were captured. The greatest richness and abundance were found in the secondary low semi-evergreen forest, with greater richness and lower abundance than the mango plantation which showed more abundance. Of the activity periods, dusk had the greatest abundance and richness followed by dawn and finally noon.

Carlos Antonio Abella-Medrano, David Roiz, Carlos González-Rebeles Islas, Claudia Lorena Salazar-Juárez, and Rafael Ojeda-Flores "Assemblage variation of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in different land use and activity periods within a lowland tropical forest matrix in Campeche, Mexico," Journal of Vector Ecology 45(2), 188-196, (4 December 2020). https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12389
Received: 26 February 2020; Accepted: 12 May 2020; Published: 4 December 2020
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KEYWORDS
activity periods
Culicidae
diversity
land use types
low semi-evergreen forest
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