title: Immature mosquitoes in bamboo internodes in municipal parks, city of são paulo, Brazil.
abstract: We conducted an inventory of the mosquito fauna of the internodes of bamboo plants grown in municipal parks in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. During October 2010 to July 2013, a total of 8,541 immature stages belonging to 21 mosquito species were collected from bamboos over 61 municipal parks. Of these, Aedes albopictus was the most abundant species followed by Ae. aegypti found in broken bamboos in most parks. The former species was 7.2 times more abundant than the latter when both species shared the same habitat. Other species collected from bamboos included Culex quinquefasciatus and Haemagogus leucocelaenus. In bamboos with perforated internodes, species of the genus Wyeomyia were the most prevalent. Differences were also observed in species composition and abundance of mosquitoes collected in transversely broken bamboos and those collected from perforated bamboo internodes. Constant surveillance of these breeding sites is crucial due to the epidemiological importance of the species found. Furthermore, these breeding sites may help maintain some native wild mosquito populations along with a variety of other invertebrates found in these urban green areas.
authors.affiliation: 1  Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 715, CEP 01246-904, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ceretti-Júnior
authors.forename: Antônio R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Medeiros-Sousa
authors.forename: Laura C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Multini
authors.forename: Paulo R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Urbinatti
authors.forename: Daniel P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Vendrami
authors.forename: Delsio
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Natal
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Aristides
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Hiroe
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: Mauro T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Marrelli
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001938:Brazil; D002947:Cities; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D007814:Larva / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D006109:Poaceae
keywords: Mosquitoes; bamboos; breeding sites; immature mosquitoes; municipal parks