Systematic and ecological study of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) at lake Fetzara (Annaba, Northeast Algeria)
Abstract
M. Boulares, N. Rehimi, I. Houhamdi, A. Baaloudj*, N. Soltani and M. Houhamdi
The aim of this study is to identify the different species of Culicidae dispersed in Lake Fatazara (Annaba, Northeast of Algeria). The systematic study was conducted in this lake during the 12 months of 2016 when the collection of specimens of Culicidae was being carried out once a month in rural sites. Species were identified using the software of Schaffner et al., (2001) and Culicidae from Mediterranean Africa. The results obtained showed us the presence of six species scattered all around the three surveyed deposits representing five genera were identified: Culex tritaeniorhynchus (49.52%); Culiseta longiareolata (24.87%); Culex pipiens (18.95%); Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis (3.27%); Aedes punctor (3.27%) and Aedesvexans (0.1%).