[Finding of anophelines, subgenus Nyssorhynchus, in artificial containers, Brazil].
Larvae and a pupa of anophelines were found in deactivated artificial containers. Anopheles argyritarsis larvae were found in an abandoned water container in Pedregulho, district of Ponta Negra, and a Anopheles aquasalis pupa was found in a container left outdoors as part of an experiment, in the district of Itaipuaçu. Three cases of malaria were reported in this same district in 1997. Both findings of anophelines took place in a town of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Laboratório de Entomologia, Fundação Nacional de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. chamberlaim@ig.com.br
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*; D001938:Brazil; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D011679:Pupa
Encontro de anofelinos do subgênero Nyssorhynchus em recipientes artificiais, Maricá, RJ, Brasil.