Sample name: Costa Marques (outside house 1)

Reference: T. A. Klein and J. B. P. Lima. 1990. Seasonal distribution and biting patterns of Anopheles mosquitoes in Costa Marques, Rondonia, Brazil. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 6(4):700-707 [ER 2330]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: inhabited area

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "The land is flat and covered with a tropical semi-evergreen seasonal forest... Rainfall is seasonal with a dry season from May to September and a wet season from October to April... Houses 1 and 2 were approximately 0.5 km apart, and both were near Iarval mosquito habitats along the margins of the Guapore River and associated flood plains... Houses 1, 2 and 4 were constructed with wood and had tin roofs and shuttered windows"
there really seem to be no climate data for any nearby location

Life forms: mosquitoes

Sites: 1

Sampling methods: no design,baited,hand capture

Sample size: 17297 individuals

Years: 1986, 1987

Sampling comments: "Adult mosquito collections were made from July 1986 to December 1987 at 3 houses in the town (houses 1, 2 and 3) and at 2 houses along BR 429 at km 2 and km 7 from the town (houses 4 and 5, respectively)... Nocturnal activity patterns and seasonal distributions of mosquitoes were studied by using systematic human-bait collections inside and outside of house 1 (July 1986-December 1987)... Mosquitoes were collected with oral aspirators"
Klein and Lima report Anopheles records only; culicine records are from Klein et al. (1992, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz)

Sample number: 2489

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-01-02 17:03:42

Modified: 2020-01-14 07:49:38