CHARACTERIZATION OF ANOPHELES-PSEUDOPUNCTIPENNIS LARVAL HABITATS

Citation
S. Manguin et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF ANOPHELES-PSEUDOPUNCTIPENNIS LARVAL HABITATS, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 12(4), 1996, pp. 619-626
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
ISSN journal
8756971X
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
619 - 626
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-971X(1996)12:4<619:COALH>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A survey of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis larval habitats was performed throughout most of its known geographic range. Eleven key environment variables characterized most larval habitats of this important Vector of malaria in the Americas. Larval habitats occurred mainly in valley and foothill areas which were often situated in arid regions. Immatur es were found primarily during the dry season in sun-exposed freshwate r stream pools with clear, shallow, stagnant water containing abundant filamentous green algae and/or aquatic vegetation.