Entomological profile and new registers of the genera Anopheles (Diptera, Culicidae) in a Brazilian rural community of the District of Coxipó do Ouro, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso

• Autor(a) principal: Jacobina, Adaiane Catarina Marcondes
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Bandeira, Jozeilton Dantas, Santos, Fábio Alexandre Leal dos, Dantas, Elisangela Santana de Oliveira, Leite-Jr, Diniz Pereira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: EntomoBrasilis
• Texto Completo: https://www.entomobrasilis.org/index.php/ebras/article/view/ebrasilis.v13.e0848
• topic: Anopheles darlingi; Culicidae; Malaria; Mosquitoe; Tropical Medicine

The order Diptera is constituted of insects that possess numerous varieties of habitats, these winged, commonly called mosquitoes, comprise a monophyletic group. Malaria transmitters in Brazil are represented by mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus, being it principal vector species Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi Root. Collectings were accomplished in the rural area of Cuiabá in the region of Coxipó do Ouro/MT, and a total 4,773 adult mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles were obtained. The prevailing species in the collectings where An. (Nys.) darlingi with 3,905 (81.8%), considered the vector of major epidemiological expression in the region, followed by Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis (Robineau-Desvoidy) 267 (5.6%) and Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) triannulatus (Neiva & Pinto) 226 (4.7%). This report might be useful to entomological surveillance, demonstrating that the Coxipó do Ouro/MT locality might be elected as an area to be monitored, once the presence of such vector in this type of environment indicates a potential malaria transmission risk for the neighbouring regions in the state of Mato Grosso.