Culicideofauna (Diptera) encontrada em entrenós de taquara de uma mata residual na área urbana de Londrina, Paraná, Brasil

Zequi, João Antonio Cyrino; Lopes, José

doi:10.1590/S0101-81752001000200014

Resumo

A fragment of a forest, located in the urban area of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, was chosen to represent the area for this study. Many Merostachys Spreng, 1824 bamboo, which were naturally perforated and, therefore, ready to retain water, were found in the interior of this forest. Bamboo were collected every fifteen days during field actions. They were then measured and cut meter by meter before their contents were analyzed in the laboratory. A total of 542 specimens from the following species were collected during one year: Sabethes aurescens (Lutz, 1905), Sabethes melanomymphe Dyar, 1924, Sabethes identicus Dyar & Knab, 1907, Wyeomyia rooti (Del Ponte, 1939), Wyeomyia limai Lane & Cerqueira, 1942, Wyeomyia sp., Trichoprosopon pallidiventer (Lutz, 1905), Trichoprosopon humboldti Lane & Cerqueira, 1942, Toxorhynchites sp. e Shannoniana schedocyclium (Dyar & Knab, 1908). Wyeomyia limai and Sabethes aurescens were the most frequently found species. The first specie had the highest population index in february whereas the Sabethes aurescens, had its highest index in july, february and november. The largest number of larvae were obtained in the months of february and march. As for stratification, the greatest quantity of larvae was found at two meters. The specie Wyeomyia limai predominated in all heights, being most abundant at three meters high whereas the Sabethes was most abundant at one meter high. The presence of bamboo in small forest spots in urban areas is enough to host a certain variety of Culicidae of the Sabethini tribe which are considered wild mosquito. These same mosquito, due to their hematophagus habitat, can be hazardous to public health.

Culicidae; larvae; bamboo internodes; natural breeding place

Culicideofauna (Diptera) encontrada em entrenós de taquara de uma mata residual na área urbana de Londrina, Paraná, Brasil

Fauna of Culicidae (Diptera) found in the internodes of the bamboo in a residual forest in the urban area of Londrina - Paraná, Brazil

João Antonio Cyrino Zequi^I; José Lopes^II

^ICurso de Pós-graduação em Agronomia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Caixa Postal 6001, 86051-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brasil. E-mail: joao.zequi@usa.net

^IIDepartamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Caixa Postal 6001, 86051-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brasil. E-mail: jea@uel.br

ABSTRACT

A fragment of a forest, located in the urban area of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, was chosen to represent the area for this study. Many Merostachys Spreng, 1824 bamboo, which were naturally perforated and, therefore, ready to retain water, were found in the interior of this forest. Bamboo were collected every fifteen days during field actions. They were then measured and cut meter by meter before their contents were analyzed in the laboratory. A total of 542 specimens from the following species were collected during one year: Sabethes aurescens (Lutz, 1905), Sabethes melanomymphe Dyar, 1924, Sabethes identicus Dyar & Knab, 1907, Wyeomyia rooti (Del Ponte, 1939), Wyeomyia limai Lane & Cerqueira, 1942, Wyeomyia sp., Trichoprosopon pallidiventer (Lutz, 1905), Trichoprosopon humboldti Lane & Cerqueira, 1942, Toxorhynchites sp. e Shannoniana schedocyclium (Dyar & Knab, 1908). Wyeomyia limai and Sabethes aurescens were the most frequently found species. The first specie had the highest population index in february whereas the Sabethes aurescens, had its highest index in july, february and november. The largest number of larvae were obtained in the months of february and march. As for stratification, the greatest quantity of larvae was found at two meters. The specie Wyeomyia limai predominated in all heights, being most abundant at three meters high whereas the Sabethes was most abundant at one meter high. The presence of bamboo in small forest spots in urban areas is enough to host a certain variety of Culicidae of the Sabethini tribe which are considered wild mosquito. These same mosquito, due to their hematophagus habitat, can be hazardous to public health.

Key words: Culicidae, larvae, bamboo internodes, natural breeding place

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AGRADECIMENTOS. À CAPES pelo auxílio financeiro, através da bolsa de mestrado. A equipe do Prof. Dr. Oswaldo Paulo Forattini, Faculdade de Higiene e Saúde Pública de São Paulo, pela confirmação das espécies identificadas. Ao Prof. Dr. Sérgio Vanin (USP), pela identificação do Curculionidae. À Profa, Dra. Inês de Batista Fonseca, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), pela orientação nos testes estatísticos. À Profa. Dra. Ana Leuch Lozovei, (UFPR), e ao Prof. Claúdio Muller (UEL), pela revisão do artigo.

Recebido em 01.VI.2000; aceito em 18.V.2000.

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04 Maio 2009
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Jun 2001

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[1] AMERASINGHE, F.P. & N.B. MUNASINGHA. 1988. A predevelopment mosquito survey in the Mahacueli development project área, Sri Lanka, immatures. Jour. Med. Entomol. 25(4):286-294.

[2] BONNET, D.D. & H. CHAPMAN. 1956. The importance of mosquito breeding in tree holes with special reference to the problem in Tahiti. Mosquito News.16(4):301-305.

[3] BORROR, J.D. & DELONG. 1969. Estudo dos insetos. São Paulo, EDUSP, 653p.

[4] COSTA LIMA, A. 1956. Coleopteros, quarta e última parte, Insetos do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, Escola Nacional de Agronomia, Vol. 10, 373p.

[5] Davis, D.E. 1944. Larval habitats of some brazilian mosquitoes. Rev. Entomol. 15(1-2):221-235.

[6] FISH, D. & S.R. CARPENTER. 1982. Leaf litter and larval mosquito dynamics in tree-hole ecosystems. Ecology 63(2):283-288.

[7] FORATTINI, O.P. 1965. Entomologia Médica. São Paulo, EDUSP, Vol. 3, 416p.

[8] JENKINS, D.W. & S.J. CARPENTER. 1946. Ecology of the tree hole breeding mosquitoes of Neartic North America. Ecol. Monogr. 16:33-47.

[9] KITCHING, R.L. 1971. An ecological study of water-filled tree-holes and their position in the woodland ecosystern. Jour. Anim. Ecol. 40:281-302.

[10] KNIGHT, K.L. & A. STONE. 1977. A catalog of mosquitoes of the world (Diptera: Culicidae). Baltimore, Entomol. Soc, Amer., 611p.

[11] LANE, J. 1953. Neotropical Culicidae. São Paulo, EDUSP, Vols 1-2, 1111p.

[12] LOPES, J. 1997. Ecologia de mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) em criadouros naturais e artificiais de área rural do norte do estado do Paraná, Brasil. V. Coleta de larvas em recipientes artificiais instalados em mata ciliar. Rev. Saúde Pública 31(4):370-377.

[13] ______. 1999. Ecologia de mosquitos (Diptera, Culicidae) em criadouros naturais e artificiais de área rural do norte do Paraná, Brasil. VIII. Influência das larvas predadoras (Toxorhynchites sp.; Limatus durhamii e Culex bigoti) sobre a população de larvas de Culex quinquefasciatus e Culex eduardoi. Revta bras. Zool. 16(3):821-826.

[14] LOUTON, J.; J. GELHAUS & R. BOUCHARD. 1996. The aquatic macrofauna of water-filled bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Guadua) internodes in a Peruvian lowland tropical forest. Biotropica 28(2):228-242.

[15] LOZOVEI, A.L. 1998. Mosquitos dendrícolas (Diptera, Culicidae) em internódios de taquara da floresta atlântica, serra do mar e do primeiro planalto, Paraná, Brasil. Brazil. Archs. Biol. Technol., Curitiba, 41:501-508.

[16] LOZOVEI, A. L. & E. Luz. 1976. Diptera Culicidae em Curitiba e arredores. I. Ocorrência. Arq. Biol. Tecnol., Curitiba, 19:25-42.

[17] MACDONALD, W.W. & R. TRAUB; 1960. Malaysian parasites XXXVIII. An introduction to the ecology of the mosquitoes of the lowland dipterocarp forest of Selangor, Malaya. Stud. Inst. Med. Res. Malaya. 29:79-110.

[18] MACHADO-ALLISON, C.E. 1980. Ecologia de los mosquitos (Culicidae) I. Huevos y oviposicion. Acta Biol. Venez. 10(3):303-371.

[19] SOTA, T. & M. MOGI. 1996. Species Richness and altitudinal variation in the aquatic metazoan cornmunity in bamboo phytotelmata from north Sulawesi. Res. Popul. Ecol. 38(2):275-281.

[20] WALKER, E.D.; D.L. LANSON; R.W. MERRITT; W.T. MORGANS & M.J. KLUG. 1991. Nutriente dynamics, bacterial populations, and mosquito productivity in tree hole ecosystems and microcosms. Ecology 72(5):1529-1546.