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First record of Migonemyia vaniae Galati, Fonseca & Marassá, 2007 (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2022
In an investigation carried out at the headquarters of Jequitibá in Três Picos State Park, the presence of the sandfly Migonemyia vaniae Galati, Fonseca & Marassá, 2007 was observed.
Thamiris D'Almeida Balthazar, Antônio Luís Ferreira de Santana, Luiz Henrique Costa, Jacenir R. Santos Mallet, Maurício Luiz Vilela   +4 more
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Spawning behavior of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae) in a remnant of Atlantic Forest in the state of Rio de Janeiro

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Mosquito assemblages are organized along an ecological gradient, including small habitats where interspecific competition predominates and large permanent habitats where predation predominates.
Amanda Queiroz Bastos, Paulo José Leite, Jacenir Reis dos Santos-Mallet, Cecilia Ferreira de Mello, Michele Serdeiro, Júlia Santos dos Silva, Ronaldo Figueiró, Tatiana Docile, Jeronimo Alencar   +8 more
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Oviposition behavior of wild yellow fever vector mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in an Atlantic Forest fragment, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

Scientific Reports, 2021
Although there are many studies on the control of mosquito vectors of the yellow fever virus (YFV) in tropical forests, there are still few ecological studies regarding abiotic factors effect on these mosquitoes.
Shayenne Olsson Freitas Silva, Cecilia Ferreira de Mello, Ronaldo Figueiró, Tatiana Docile, Michele Serdeiro, Fabiana Fagundes Fumian, Jeronimo Alencar   +6 more
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Effects of seasonality on the oviposition activity of potential vector mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the São João River Basin Environmental Protection Area of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The European Zoological Journal, 2022
The Atlantic Forest is home to several arboviruses potentially pathogenic to humans. Therefore, it is crucial to assess the effects of seasonality on mosquito populations circulating in this domain. We evaluated the influence of seasonal variation on the
J. Alencar, C. Ferreira de Mello, S. O. F. Silva, A. É. Guimarães, G. A. Müller   +4 more
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Ecobiology of Haemagogus leucocelaenus arbovirus vector in the golden lion tamarin translocation area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Scientific Reports, 2023
Significant pathogens that have resurfaced in humans originate from transmission from animal to human populations. In the Americas, yellow fever cases in humans are usually associated with spillover from non-human primates via mosquitoes.
Sergio Lisboa Machado, Cecilia Ferreira de Mello, Shayenne Olsson Freitas Silva, Jeronimo Alencar   +3 more
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Ecological characterization of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in areas of the Mato Grosso Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil

Tropical Zoology, 2021
Bimonthly diurnal and nocturnal captures were conducted in four different sampling sites of the Mato Grosso Pantanal region over 24 consecutive months between March 2009 and January 2011. The goal of performing these collections was to elucidate aspects
Jeronimo Alencar, Vanessa Melandri, Júlia Silva, Hermano Gomes Albuquerque, Anthony Érico Guimarães   +4 more
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Sand fly population dynamics in areas of American cutaneous leishmaniasis, Municipality of Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Scientific Reports, 2023
The present study is the second and last part of the study that investigated the fauna and behavior of sand flies in areas prone to cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreaks, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, in the municipality of Paraty.
Vanessa Rendeiro Vieira, Gustavo Marins de Aguiar, Alfredo Carlos Rodrigues de Azevedo, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel, Anthony Érico Guimarães   +4 more
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Dispersion pattern of Mansonia in the surroundings of the Amazon Jirau Hydroelectric Power Plant

Scientific Reports, 2021
Mansonia spp. are voracious hematophagous mosquitoes whose mature stages usually breed in freshwater bodies containing aquatic vegetation. The reduction in water flow leads to a proliferation in aquatic plants, increasing their populations. Besides, some
Cecilia Ferreira de Mello, Jeronimo Alencar   +1 more
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Report of Mosquito Vectors of Arboviruses from a Federal Conservation Unit in the Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Life, 2022
Arbovirus infections, such as dengue, zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever, are a major public health problem worldwide. As the main vectors, mosquitoes have been classified by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the deadliest animals ...
Shayenne Olsson Freitas Silva, Cecilia Ferreira de Mello, Juan Augusto Rodrigues dos Campos, Paulo José Leite, Rebeca Sabino, Jeronimo Alencar   +5 more
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A new genus and a new species of wasp-mimicking Harpactorini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae), with an updated key to the Neotropical genera [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2023
Quasigraptocleptes maracristinae gen. nov., sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae, Harpactorini) is described based on male and female specimens from Brazil.
Hélcio R. Gil-Santana, Jader Oliveira
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