Open AccessFirst report of some adult mosquitoes captured by CDC gravid traps from North-Eastern Qatar
Author(s) -
Mahmoud M. Kardousha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(15)60993-8
Subject(s) - culex , biology , culex pipiens , larva , zoology , ecology , outbreak , aedes , veterinary medicine , medicine , virology
Objective: To report six species of female mosquitoes caught in CDC gravid traps for the first\udtime in Qatar.\udMethods: Five traps were installed in Al-Khor community, north-eastern Qatar during the\udoutbreak season between October-November, 2010 and February-March, 2011.\udResults: The collection revealed that the adult female mosquitoes encountered in the gravid\udtraps were: Ochlerotatus caspius (Pallas 1771), Anopheles stephensi (Liston 1901), Culex\udquinquefasciatus (Say 1823), Culex pipiens biotype molestus (Forskal 1775) (Cx. pipiens\udmolestus), Culex tritaeniorhynchus (Giles 1901) and Ochlerotatus dorsalis (Meigen 1830).\udExcept Cx. pipiens molestus, which was previously recorded, the other five species are reported\udfor the first time in Qatar. Among the collected adult females, Cx. pipiens molestus was the\udmost abundant (67.2%), followed by Culex quinquefasciatus (30.2%). The other species were\udpresent in small numbers. All of the recorded species have been collected as larval stages in the\udprevious studies except for Ochlerotatus dorsalis which is collected as adult stage for the first\udtime in the current study.\udConclusions: The collected species are of potential medical importance that threaten the northeastern area of Qatar. A surveillance program is urgently required to generate a database of\udmosquito species in the area