Abstract

MOSQUITOE DIVERSITY IN ERODE DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU, INDIA

A. Raja Rajeswari* and K. Nagarajan

Abstract

A survey on mosquito diversity in Erode district was carried out and totally 5114 mosquitoes belonging to 7 genus (Anopheles, Aedes, Armigeres, Aedeomyia, Culex, Lutzia and Ochlerotatus) and 23 species were collected during the study period. Both indoor and outdoor adults were collected from human dwellings, cattle sheds and larvae were collected from different aquatic habitats. The most dominant genus collected was Culex 29.36%, followed by Anopheles 26.27% and the genus Aedeomyia represented 0.15%. Aedesalbopictus was the predominant species and represented by 42.23% of the total mosquitoes which was followed by Aedesaegypti 25.08% and the least was Culex mimulus 0.17%. Armigeres subalbatus, Aedeomyia catastica and Lutzia fuscana were the single species collected during the study period.

Keywords: Biodiversity, Anopheles, Aedes, Armigeres, Aedeomyia, Culex, Lutzia and Ochlerotatus.