Diversity of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Caatinga Biome, Brazil, from the Widespread to the Endemic
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Collection Techniques
2.2. DNA Barcoding
2.3. Data Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Techniqueand Habitats | Survey Areas * and Time | |||||
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MONA–GA 2011–2014 | ESEC–RC 2013–2014 | FLONA–Açu 2011–2013 | ESEC–S 2009–2010 | SA/RN 2014–2015 | NMG 2008–2012 | |
Human landing catches | x | x | - | x | - | x |
Shannon trap | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Tree holes | x | x | - | - | - | - |
Bromeliads | x | x | - | - | - | - |
Ponds | x | x | - | - | - | - |
Larvitrap | - | - | x | - | - | - |
Ovitrap | x | - | x | x | x | - |
CDC light trap | - | - | - | - | - | x |
N | Species | Collections Sites a | CO1 Access Number | |||||
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MONAGA /SE | ESEC RC/BA | FLONA /RN | ESEC S/RN | SA RN | NMG | |||
ANOPHELINAE | ||||||||
1 | Anopheles albitarsis s.l. Lynch Arribalzaga, 1878 | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
b | An. argyritarsis s.l. Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827 | x | x | x | ||||
2 | An. argyritarsis s.s. Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827 | x | KT762353 d | |||||
3 | An. braziliensis (Chagas, 1907) | x | x | |||||
4 | An. darlingi Root, 1926 | x | ||||||
5 | An. deaneorum Rosa-Freitas, 1989 | x | x | |||||
6 | An. evansae (Brèthes, 1926) | x | ||||||
7 | An. marajoara Galvão & Damasceno, 1942 | x | ||||||
8 | An. oryzalimnetes Wilkerson & Motoki, 2009 | x c | KT762355 d | |||||
9 | An. sawyeri Causey, Deane, Deane & Sampaio, 1943 | x c | KT762356 d | |||||
10 | An. albimanus section/Oswaldoi Subgroup | x | ||||||
11 | An. triannulatus s.l. (Neiva & Pinto, 1922) | x | x | x | x | |||
CULICINAE | ||||||||
Aedomyiini | ||||||||
12 | Aedeomyia squamipennis (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1878) | x | x | x | x | |||
Aedini | ||||||||
13 | Aedes fulvithorax (Lutz, 1904) | x c | x | MH118159 MH118160 MH118161 | ||||
14 | Ae. fulvus (Wiedemann, 1828) | x | ||||||
15 | Ae. hastatus (Dyar, 1922) | x | ||||||
16 | Ae. lepidus (Cerqueira & Paraense, 1945) | x | ||||||
17 | Ae. scapularis (Rondani,1848) | x | x c | x | x | x | x | MH118146 |
18 | Ae. serratus (Theobald, 1901) | x | ||||||
19 | Ae. stigmaticus (Edwards, 1922) | x | ||||||
20 | Ae. taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann, 1821) | x c | x | x | x | MH118152 | ||
21 | Ae. terrens (Walker, 1856) | x | x c | MH118164 MH118165 MH118166 | ||||
22 | Ae. aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) | x | x | x | ||||
23 | Ae. albopictus (Skuse, 1895) | x | ||||||
24 | Haemagogus janthinomys Dyar, 1921 | x | ||||||
25 | Hg. spegazzinii Brethés, 1912 | x | x | x | ||||
26 | Hg. sp. near spegazzinii Brethés, 1912 | x c | x | MH118155 | ||||
27 | Hg. leucocelaenus (Dyar & Shannon, 1924) | x c | x | MH118162 MH118163 | ||||
28 | Psorophora cingulata (Fabricius, 1805) | x | ||||||
29 | Ps. discrucians (Walker, 1856) | x | ||||||
30 | Ps. ferox (Von Humboldt, 1819) | x | x | x | x | |||
31 | Ps. albigenu (Peryassú, 1908) | x | ||||||
Mansoniini | ||||||||
32 | Coquillettidia shannoni (Lane & Antunes, 1937) | x | ||||||
33 | Cq. albicosta (Peryassú 1908) | x | ||||||
34 | Cq. hermanoi (Lane & Coutinho, 1940) | x | ||||||
35 | Cq. juxtamansonia (Chagas, 1907) | x | x | |||||
36 | Cq. lynchi (Shannon, 1931) | x | ||||||
37 | Cq. nigricans (Coquillett, 1904) | x | x | x | ||||
38 | Cq. venezuelensis (Theobald, 1912) | x | x | x | ||||
39 | Mansonia humeralis Dyar & Knab, 1916 | x | x | x | ||||
40 | Ma. indubitans Dyar & Shannon, 1925 | x c | x c | x | x | x | MH118158 | |
41 | Ma. pseudotitillans (Theobald, 1901) | x | x | |||||
42 | Ma. titillans (Walker, 1848) | x | x | x | ||||
43 | Ma. wilsoni (Barreto & Coutinho, 1944) | x | x | x | ||||
Culicini | ||||||||
44 | Culex conservator Dyar & Knab 1906 | x c | x | MH118148 | ||||
45 | Cx. (And.) sp. 1 | x | ||||||
46 | Culex nr. (And.) sp. 1 | x c | MH118147 | |||||
47 | Cx. ameliae Casal, 1967 | x | ||||||
48 | Cx. bidens Dyar, 1922 | x | ||||||
49 | Cx. chidesteri Dyar, 1921 | x | x | |||||
50 | Cx. Group coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906 | x | x | |||||
51 | Cx. declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906 | x | ||||||
52 | Cx. habilitator Dyar & Knab, 1906 | x | x | |||||
53 | Cx. maxi Dyar, 1928 | x c | x | MH118167 | ||||
54 | Cx. nigripalpus Theobald, 1901 | x | x | |||||
55 | Cx. restuans Theobald, 1901 | x | ||||||
56 | Cx. salinarius Coquillett, 1904 | x | ||||||
57 | Cx. saltanensis Dyar, 1928 | x | x | x | ||||
58 | Cx. scimitar Branch & Seabrook, 1959 | x | ||||||
59 | Cx. imitator Theobald, 1903 | x | ||||||
60 | Cx. Gr. Imitator sp. 1 Theobald, 1903 | x c | MH118149 | |||||
61 | Cx. Gr. Pleuristriatus sp. 1 Theobald, 1903 | x c | MH118150 MH118151 | |||||
62 | Cx. sp. nr. xenophobus | x c | x | MH118153 MH118154 | ||||
63 | Cx. aureonotatus Duret & Barreto, 1956 | x | ||||||
64 | Cx. bastagarius Dyar & Knab, 1906 | x | ||||||
65 | Cx. Complex Vomerifer | x | ||||||
66 | Cx. Group Atratus | x | ||||||
67 | Cx. ribeirensis/cedecei | x | ||||||
68 | Cx. Section melanoconion | x | x | |||||
Sabethini | ||||||||
69 | Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901 | x | ||||||
70 | Li. paraensis (Theobald, 1903) | x | ||||||
71 | Runchomyia sp. 1 | x c | MH118156 | |||||
72 | Sabethes undosus (Coquillett, 1906) | x | ||||||
73 | Wyeomyia (Phoniomyia) sp. 1 | x | x c | MT152293 e | ||||
74 | Wy. (Pho.) sp. 2 | x | x c | MT152294 e | ||||
75 | Wy. (Pho.) sp. 3 | x c | MT152295 e | |||||
76 | Wy. sp. 1 | x c | MH118157 | |||||
Toxorhynchitini | ||||||||
77 | Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) sp. 1 | x | x c | MF537258 | ||||
78 | Tx. (Lyn.) sp. 2 | x | x c | MF537259 | ||||
Uranotaeniini | ||||||||
79 | Uranotaenia geometrica Theobald, 1901 | x | ||||||
80 | Ur. lowii Theobald, 1901 | x | x | x | x | |||
81 | Ur. pulcherrima Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891 | x | ||||||
82 | Ur. apicalis Theobald, 1903 | x | ||||||
Total | 33 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 49 |
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Andrade, D.C.; Morais, S.A.; Marteis, L.S.; Gama, R.A.; Freire, R.C.d.M.; Rekowski, B.S.; Ueno, H.M.; La Corte, R. Diversity of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Caatinga Biome, Brazil, from the Widespread to the Endemic. Insects 2020, 11, 468. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080468
Andrade DC, Morais SA, Marteis LS, Gama RA, Freire RCdM, Rekowski BS, Ueno HM, La Corte R. Diversity of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Caatinga Biome, Brazil, from the Widespread to the Endemic. Insects. 2020; 11(8):468. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080468
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndrade, David Campos, Sirlei Antunes Morais, Letícia Silva Marteis, Renata Antonaci Gama, Renato Cesar de Melo Freire, Belgrano Santiago Rekowski, Helene Mariko Ueno, and Roseli La Corte. 2020. "Diversity of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Caatinga Biome, Brazil, from the Widespread to the Endemic" Insects 11, no. 8: 468. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080468