Influência do ciclo lunar na atividade de vôo de Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) venezuelensis (Theobald) (Diptera, Culicidae) na Mata Atlântica, Serra do Marumbi, Morretes, Paraná, Brasil
From October 1995 to January 1996 a survey of the culicid species mentioned above was carried out in a restrict Atlantic Forest area, located in the Marumbi mountain (approximately 6,5 km from the town of Morretes). Shannon light trap was used during 48 nights, in the four lunar phases: full moon, first quarter, new moon and last quarter between evening and morning twilights. A total of 594 Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) venezuelensis (Theobald, 1912) specimens were collected and the different night flight activity in the four moon phases was observed. Regarding the hourly activity, the peak higher numbers of Coquillettidia venezuelensis were collected in the first three hours. Concerning the environmental factors, temperature was found to be the more relevant one for the flight activity of Coquillettidia venezuelensis.
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
2001
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752001000200005 |
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