Diversity of Culicidae and Tabanidae (Diptera) and new record of Uranotaenia sapphirina from the archaeological site of X’cambó, Yucatan, Mexico

Hematophagous flies belonging to the families Culicidae and Tabanidae, have played an important role in human health and domestic/wild and animal health. We performed weekly collections of active-flying flies of dipterans form the families Culicidae and Tabanidae with Malaise, CDC and BG-Sentinel tr...

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Published in:International journal of tropical insect science 2021-06, Vol.41 (2), p.1355-1363
Main Authors: Navarrete-Carballo, Juan, Chan-Espinoza, Daniel, Huerta, Herón, Trujillo-Peña, Emilio, López-Platas, José, Vivas-Pérez, Daniela, Damasco-Córdova, Kenia, Medina-Barreiro, Anuar, Delfín-González, Hugo, Manrique-Saide, Pablo, Martin-Park, Abdiel
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Language:English
Subjects:
Animal health
Archaeological sites
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Coastal zone
Contamination
Culicidae
Entomology
Entropy (Information theory)
Historic sites
Life Sciences
Mosquitoes
Original Research Article
Species richness
Tabanidae
Traps
Uranotaenia sapphirina
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Summary:Hematophagous flies belonging to the families Culicidae and Tabanidae, have played an important role in human health and domestic/wild and animal health. We performed weekly collections of active-flying flies of dipterans form the families Culicidae and Tabanidae with Malaise, CDC and BG-Sentinel traps during September to October of 2017 among different vegetation types characteristic of the archeological site of X’cambó located at north coast of Yucatan. A total of 656 specimens were collected. Culicidae presented the highest abundance (97.5%) and species richness (73%) in 14 species. The CDC trap was the most effective regarding species richness. Shannon entropy index showed that number of species predicted and observed were not significant among traps. Two Anopheles and one Aedes species were dominant for each trap. Uranotaenia sapphirina is a new record for Yucatan. This information will be valuable for conservation and vector surveillance purposes considering that coastal zones are unique/fragile ecosystems in serious risk of fragmentation and environmental contamination.
ISSN:1742-7592
1742-7584
1742-7592
DOI:10.1007/s42690-020-00329-y