Field performance of a low cost, simple-to-build, non-motorized light-emitting diode (LED) trap for capturing adult Anopheles mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)
| Autor: | Eudimara Carvalho de Araújo, João Vitor Castro Aguiar, Francinaldo Soares Silva, Benedita Maria Costa-Neta, Mayara de Sousa de Almeida |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine Veterinary medicine Mosquito Control Veterinary (miscellaneous) 030231 tropical medicine Trapping methods Trap (computing) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Anopheles Animals Nyssorhynchus Malaria surveillance biology Significant difference 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Disease control United States Infectious Diseases Insect Science Female Parasitology Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S |
| Zdroj: | Acta Tropica. 190:9-12 |
| ISSN: | 0001-706X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.10.014 |
| Popis: | In this paper, a non-powered trap equipped with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) designed for capturing small night-flying insects was field-evaluated for sampling anopheline mosquitoes. This new light trap, referred to as the Silva trap, was compared with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) miniature light trap in a livestock area in northeastern Brazil. Light traps were operated from 18:00 to 06:00 between July and August 2018, over a 12-night period. A total of 3124 specimens and eight species were collected. Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis was the prevalent species, followed by A. (Nys) triannulatus s.l., A. (Nys) goeldii, A. (Nys) evansae, A. (Nys) rangeli, A. (Nys) galvaoi, A. (Nys) darlingi and A. (Nys) albitarsis s.l. The total number of anopheline mosquitoes captured with the Silva trap was higher than the number of individuals captured with the CDC light trap, but no significant difference between the two trapping methods was found. Concerning the damaged specimens, the Silva trap damaged significantly less mosquitoes than the CDC light trap. According to these results, the Silva trap has acceptable performance in being an efficient tool for sampling anopheline mosquitoes, mainly in comparison with the CDC light trap. The Silva trap has a number of advantages over other trapping devices that collect questing mosquitoes and these advantages are pointed out and discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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