title: Seasonal abundance, biting cycle, and parity of the mosquito Anopheles homunculus in Trinidad, West Indies.
abstract: Seasonal abundance, daily biting activity, and the age composition of adult Anopheles homunculus female populations were monitored weekly during 1989-90 by human bait on the ground at Cumaca Forest, Platanal, Trinidad. Landing collections of An. homunculus showed diurnal and nocturnal activity, with a single peak between 1600 and 2000 hours. Overall, 27.7% of An. homunculus were collected during the dry season and 72.3% during the wet season. Similar seasonal parous rates were observed in wet (58.9%) and dry (56.1%) seasons. Diel periodicities of nullipars and pars were almost identical during the wet and dry seasons.
authors.affiliation: Insect Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, St. Joseph, Trinidad, West Indies.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Chadee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings; D010298:Parity; D010507:Periodicity; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012621:Seasons; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago