Open AccessSurvey study on mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) in Amant Al-Asimah (Sana’a city)- Yemen
Author(s) -
Ebtehaj H. Al-Ajmi,
Abbas M. Al-Azab,
Mohammed Raweh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mağallaẗ ğāmi'aẗ 'adan li-l-'ulūm al-ṭabīyyaẗ wa-al-taṭbīqiyyaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2788-9327
pISSN - 1606-8947
DOI - 10.47372/uajnas.2021.n1.a08
Subject(s) - veterinary medicine , geography , larva , biology , zoology , ecology , medicine
This study was conducted to know the common mosquito species in Amant Al-Asimah (Sana’a city) – Yemen, during the period from August 2018 to April 2019. Larvae mosquito were collected and identified to presence of two species in two genera. Culisetalongiareolata was more prevalence (98.1%) and well distributed in most districts of Amant Al-Asimah, while Culexpipiens was found with less prevalence (1.9%) and distributed in only four districts.Vectors of viruses and nematodes which caused different diseases were recorded in this study.