title: Comparison of automatic traps to capture mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in rural areas in the tropical Atlantic rainforest.
abstract: In several countries, surveillance of insect vectors is accomplished with automatic traps. This study addressed the performance of Mosquito Magnet® Independence (MMI) in comparison with those of CDC with CO2 and lactic acid (CDC-A) and CDC light trap (CDC-LT). The collection sites were in a rural region located in a fragment of secondary tropical Atlantic rainforest, southeastern Brazil. Limatus durhami and Limatus flavisetosus were the dominant species in the MMI, whereas Ochlerotatus scapularis was most abundant in CDC-A. Culex ribeirensis and Culex sacchettae were dominant species in the CDC-LT. Comparisons among traps were based on diversity indices. Results from the diversity analyses showed that the MMI captured a higher abundance of mosquitoes and that the species richness estimated with it was higher than with CDC-LT. Contrasting, difference between MMI and CDC-A was not statistically significant. Consequently, the latter trap seems to be both an alternative for the MMI and complementary to it for ecological studies and entomological surveillance.
authors.forename: Ivy Luizi Rodrigues de
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Sá
authors.forename: Maria Anice Mureb
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sallum
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001938:Brazil; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011156:Population Density; D065947:Rainforest; D012424:Rural Population