Biodiversidade e distribução temporal de imaturos de Culicidae em área de Mata Atlântica Estado do Río de Janeiro, Brasil

MELLO C; SERRA-FREIRE NM; GIL-SANTANA HR; GLEISER, R.M.; ALENCAR, J.

Encuentro; 1º Encontro Científico REGUA, Projeto Guapiaçu Grande Vida; 2015

A temporal observational study was conducted of the Culicidae fauna in a remnant area of Atlantic Forest within a private reserve (Guapiaçu Ecological Reserve-REGUA) presenting typical vegetation cover of dense rain forest, with some patches recovering a floristic composition similar to that of the original community. Research was carried out to analyze the influence of climatic factors (mean monthly temperature, rainfall, and air relative humidity) on the temporal dynamics of the mosquito communities that occur in the reserve. Diversity estimates showed little variation among months, and these were weakly correlated with climatic variables. Abundances of the most common species were significantly related to temperature or relative humidity, but not rainfall. The presence of mosquito species known to be vectors of human diseases combined with an intermittent flow of visitors to the study area suggests there is a risk of disease transmission that warrants further monitoring