Survey of Mosquito Fauna in San Antonio, Texas

• Published in: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 240 - 247
• Main Authors: McPhatter, Lee P, Mahmood, Farida, Debboun, Mustapha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 American Mosquito Control Association, Inc 01.09.2012; American Mosquito Control Association
• Subjects: Aedes sollicitans; Aedes vexans; Animals; Anopheles freeborni; Aquatic insects; Armed forces; Biological and medical sciences; Carbon dioxide; Collections; Culex tarsalis; Culicidae - classification; Culicidae - physiology; Demography; Disease control; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Medically important nuisances and vectors, pests of stored products and materials: population survey and control; Mosquito fauna; Mosquitoes; Psorophora horrida; San Antonio; Scientific Notes; Species Specificity; Texas; Trapping; Vectors. Intermediate hosts; Texas; United States; North America; America; USA, Texas; San Antonio; Fauna; Insecta; Parasite; Aedes sollicitans; Culex tarsalis; Arthropoda; Mosquito fauna; Culicidae; Aedes vexans; Ectoparasite; Invertebrata; Vector; Diptera
• ISSN: 8756-971X; 1943-6270
• DOI: 10.2987/12-6230R.1

A faunal survey of mosquitoes was conducted in 2008, 2009, and 2010 at various trapping locations throughout the city of San Antonio, TX. A total of 22,739 mosquitoes representing 41 species in 8 genera were collected during this study. The most prevalent mosquito species collected were Aedes vexans (25%), Ae. sollicitans (14%), Culex tarsalis (13.5%), and Cx. erraticus (11%). Four mosquito species (Ae. bimaculatus, Anopheles freeborni, Cx. declarator, and Psorophora horrida) not previously recorded in this area were collected, whereas several species historically occurring in San Antonio were not collected during this survey.