Sample name: Iquitos (urban sites)

Reference: J. T. Need, E. J. Rogers, I. A. Phillips, R. Falcon, R. Fernandez, F. Carbajal, and J. Quintana. 1993. Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) captured in the Iquitos area of Peru. Journal of Medical Entomology 30(3):634-638 [ER 2239]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: inhabited area

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 25.8

MAP: 3400.0

Habitat comments: "The typical vegetation outside the city is tropical rain forest, the mean annual temperature is >25ºC, and the annual rainfall exceeds 250 cm" and collections were "at various urban sites (plazas, cemeteries, and houses) within Iquitos"
climate data are for Iquitos and are from Paredes-Esquivel et al. (2016, Acta Tropica)

Life forms: mosquitoes

Sampling methods: no design,baited,light traps,hand capture

Sample size: 2052 individuals

Years: 1988 - 1991

Sampling comments: "eight different capture methods were used intermittently in the three sylvan sites: modified canvas Shannon traps (Barretto & Coutinho 1940) used with light or human bait, CDC Model 512 traps (John W. Hock, Gainesville, FL) baited with light or dry ice, Davies' hamster-baited suction traps, No. 10 Trinidad chicken-baited traps, human bait catches, and resting place searches using hand-held aspirators"

Sample number: 2287

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-10-18 19:39:19

Modified: 2020-01-14 05:03:30