title: Mosquito fauna in municipal parks of São Paulo City, Brazil: a preliminary survey.
abstract: A mosquito faunal survey was conducted from October 2010 to February 2011 in the municipal parks of São Paulo City, Brazil. A total of 7,015 specimens of 53 taxonomic categories grouped into 12 genera (Aedes, Anopheles, Coquilletidia, Culex, Limatus, Lutzia, Mansonia, Psorophora, Toxorhynchites, Trichoprosopon, Uranotaenia, and Wyeomyia) were collected. The largest and most peripheral parks showed greater species richness compared to smaller and more centralized parks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Doutor Arnaldo 715, CEP 01246-904, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: António Ralph
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Medeiros-Sousa
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ceretti
authors.forename: Paulo Roberto
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Urbinatti
authors.forename: Gabriela Cristina
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Marcia Bicudo
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: de Paula
authors.forename: Aristides
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Marco Otavio
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Matos
authors.forename: Lilian Dias
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Orico
authors.forename: Alessandra Bergamo
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.forename: Marcello Schiavo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nardi
authors.forename: Mauro Toledo
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Marrelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001938:Brazil; D002947:Cities; D009033:Culicidae; D007814:Larva