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Distribution of Mosquitoes Along Wadi El-Rayan Protected Area

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Entomology

Abstract

The knowledge of mosquito distribution in any environment is very important to control and avoid their effect on humans and animals. For this purpose, the present study was designed to monitor the mosquito distribution and abundance along Wadi El‐Rayan Protected Area Fayoum Governorate. Throughout the four seasons from winter 2017 to autumn 2018, 10 mosquito species were recorded during this study belong to two genera. Culex was the most abundant genus and comprised 4 species representing 88.01% of the total mosquito count and Anopheles represented by 6 species (11.99% of the total mosquito count). Culex pipiens was the major dominant and common species followed by Culex antennatus and Culex bivittatus while Anopheles multicolor and Anopheles tenebrosus were the rarest mosquito species. Mosquito abundance was varied seasonally and flourished in summer, while it declines during winter. On the other hand, the mosquitoes were well distributed among study sites, but it was highly abundant at site 2 and low at site 4. The diversity indices and species richness are narrow ranged among the surveyed site, which indicates the stability of the mosquito community in the protectorate.

DOI

10.21608/jntas.2019.19204.1008

Keywords

Mosquitoes, Abundance, diversity, Wadi El‐Rayan Protected Area

Authors

First Name

Tharwat

Last Name

Selim

MiddleName

Abdullah

Affiliation

Zoology and entomology department, Faculty of science, Al.azhar university

Email

tharwat3d@gmail.com

City

Naser city

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First Name

Kotb

Last Name

Hammad

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Affiliation

Zoology department, Faculty of science, Al. Azhar university

Email

kotbhammad6@gmail.com

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First Name

mahmoud

Last Name

boraie

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Ministry Of Environment, El.Maadie, Cairo, Egypt

Email

mahmoudboraieeniviro@yahoo.com

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-

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Volume

7

Article Issue

1

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8350

Issue Date

2019-01-01

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2019-09-25

Publish Date

2019-11-30

Page Start

237

Page End

248

Print ISSN

2314-8209

Online ISSN

2314-8217

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632

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Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Nuclear Technology in Applied Science

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https://jntas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Distribution of Mosquitoes Along Wadi El-Rayan Protected Area

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Created At

22 Jan 2023