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Guillén-Rodríguez YG, Chapa-Vargas L, Ibarra-Juárez LA, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Santiago-Alarcon D. The influence of humidity and temperature on the vertical richness and abundance of blood-sucking flies (Culicidae and Ceratopogonidae) in a montane cloud forest in Mexico. J Vector Ecol 2023; 49:1-14. [PMID: 38147297 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-49.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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Because the vertical distribution and diversity of blood-sucking flies are poorly known, we determined the diversity, structure, and composition of culicids between vertical vegetation strata. We evaluated the influence of microclimatic variables during different times of the day over a year. We used eight CDC traps baited with CO2 at a height of 1.5 m and 12-15 m. We conducted rank-abundance curves, similarity analysis (ANOSIM and SIMPER), and multivariate clustering with incidence and abundance data. We used GAM models to analyze the influence of strata (understory vs canopy), humidity, and temperature on insect richness and abundance. During the day, the difference between strata was mainly due to higher abundance of Wyeomyia arthrostigma and Wyeomyia ca. adelpha in the understory. During the night, the differences were mainly due to higher abundance of Culex stigmatosoma, Culex salinarius, and Aedes allotecnon in the canopy, and Wyeomyia arthrostigma in the understory. Seasonality played a role in the similarity between the strata. Diversity during the day was positively related to humidity and temperature, and nocturnal diversity increased with temperature but decreased with higher humidity. The effects of environmental factors on the spatiotemporal distribution of fly species are essential for epidemiological surveillance.
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- División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C., México
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Lozano-Sardaneta YN, Díaz-Cruz JA, Viveros-Santos V, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Huerta H, Marina CF, Mis-Ávila PC, Martínez-Burgos M, Torres-Monzón JA, Sánchez-Cordero V, Becker I. Phylogenetic relations among Mexican phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and their divergence time estimation. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0287853. [PMID: 37384618 PMCID: PMC10309607 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023] Open
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Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) have biological relevance as vectors of several pathogens. To ensure periodic entomological monitoring it is necessary to have efficient and accurate tools for an adequate taxonomic identification. There are only few studies on phylogenetic analyses of phlebotomine sand flies from Neotropics, based mostly on morphological and/or molecular data, which makes the delimitation of intra- and interspecific variability of species challenging. Here we generated new molecular information on sand fly species distributed in endemic areas of leishmaniasis in Mexico, using mitochondrial and ribosomal genes, and incorporating morphological information available. Specifically, we established their phylogenetic relationships, and estimated their divergence time. Our study provides molecular information for 15 phlebotomine sand fly species from different areas of Mexico, contributing to the genetic inventory and phylogenetic relations among Neotropical species of the subfamily Phlebotominae. Mitochondrial genes proved to be suitable markers for the molecular identification of phlebotomine sand flies. However, the incorporation of additional nuclear gene information could increase the significance of phylogenetic inferences. We also provided evidence about a possible divergence time of phlebotomine sand fly species, supporting their presumable origin in the Cretaceous period.
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- Yokomi N. Lozano-Sardaneta
- Centro de Medicina Tropical, Unidad de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Colección Nacional de Peces, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (CRISP-INSP), Tapachula, Chiapas, México
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- Instituto de Ecología, A. C. (INECOL), Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos ‘Dr, Manuel Martínez Báez’, Ciudad de México, México
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- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (CRISP-INSP), Tapachula, Chiapas, México
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- Servicios Estatales de Salud de Quintana Roo, Departamento de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vector y Zoonosis, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
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- Servicios Estatales de Salud de Quintana Roo, Departamento de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vector y Zoonosis, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
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- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (CRISP-INSP), Tapachula, Chiapas, México
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Centro de Medicina Tropical, Unidad de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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Mendez-Andrade A, Ibáñez-Bernal S. An updated catalogue of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) of Mexico and their known distribution by state. Zookeys 2023; 1167:1-47. [PMID: 37363735 PMCID: PMC10285685 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1167.102858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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An updated catalogue of Culicoides of Mexico is presented. It includes 86 species with their regional distribution and corresponding record references, known immature stages and associated pathogens. In addition, a taxonomic key for subgenera and species groups for Mexico is presented and an index of species by state is included.
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- Alejandro Mendez-Andrade
- Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, C.P. 91073, MexicoInstituto de Ecología, A. C. Red Ambiente y SustentabilidadXalapaMexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, C.P. 91073, MexicoInstituto de Ecología, A. C. Red Ambiente y SustentabilidadXalapaMexico
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Rivera-García KD, Mendez-Andrade A, Ibáñez-Bernal S. Trichoprosopon mixtli sp. nov., a new sabethine species (Diptera: Culicidae) from a Mexican cloud forest, with an assessment of the genus and keys for the identification of known species. Zootaxa 2023; 5254:94-116. [PMID: 37044734 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.1.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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The genus Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1901 includes 13 described species in the Neotropical Region, three of which have been recorded in Mexico. In this work, a new species, Trichoprosopon mixtli sp. nov., is described based on characteristics of the fourth-instar larva, pupa, female and male genitalia, and adults. Larvae and pupae were collected from the flower bracts of Heliconia bourgaeana Petersen at the Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL), inside the "Santuario del Bosque de Niebla", in Xalapa, Veracruz State, Mexico. This is the first time that the complete larval and pupal chaetotaxy of a species of Trichoprosopon is described. Keys for the identification of known species of Trichoprosopon are provided and the internal classification of the genus is discussed.
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- Karina D Rivera-García
- Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, C.P. 91073, México..
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, C.P. 91073, México..
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, C.P. 91073, México..
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Rebollar-Téllez EA, Ibáñez-Bernal S. Métodos de recolecta y monitoreo de adultos Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae), vectores de los agentes causales de las leishmaniasis. revbiomed 2023. [DOI: 10.32776/revbiomed.v34i1.1010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Los flebotominos son los vectores de diferentes especies de parásitos del género Leishmania, los cuales son los agentes etiológicos de variadas formas clínicas de las leishmaniasis. El principal riesgo de transmisión a humanos es el contacto con los vectores portadores del parásito, por lo que la actividad de incriminación de vectores y el entendimiento de las capacidades vectoriales de las especies son aspectos muy importantes desde el punto de vista epidemiológico. Entonces, es de suma relevancia estimar con precisión la presencia, abundancia, tasa de picadura, tasa de infección, estructura de edades, entre otras. para evaluar los riesgos de transmisión de Leishmania spp. y que la información generada pueda ser analizada y comprendida por los tomadores de decisiones en cuanto a políticas públicas de salud. Sin embargo, para que esta información de campo sea realmente útil al sector salud o para fines de investigación, los estimadores poblacionales deben tener un mínimo de sesgo con relación a las capturas de las especies de importancia médica o bien del ensamble biológico. El principal objetivo de la presente contribución es presentar una revisión descriptiva basada en la literatura publicada sobre los métodos más comúnmente empleados en la captura y monitoreo de flebotominos, haciendo énfasis en los estudios realizados en México y con discusiones acerca de cada método en cuanto ventajas, desventajas e interpretaciones. Así como, los aspectos generales del muestreo e inferencias poblaciones, con mención de las perspectivas futuras de investigación.
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Ibáñez-Bernal S, Rebollar-Téllez EA. Estado actual del conocimiento de los hábitos hematófagos de los Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) de México y sus implicaciones zoonóticas. revbiomed 2023. [DOI: 10.32776/revbiomed.v34i1.999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Las preferencias hematófagas de los insectos determinan la asociación entre parásito, hospedero y vector, siendo indispensable para saber que especie mantiene la infección en los animales silvestres o domésticos y cuál la transfiere al humano, para que la parasitemia se convierta en una zoonosis. Conocer las fuentes de alimentación de sangre de las especies de vectores es un requisito para valorar el papel que juega cada una de ellas en la infección humana. En México se registran 50 especies de Phlebotominae y aunque las hembras de la subfamilia se mencionan como hematófagas de anfibios, reptiles, aves y mamíferos; sus hábitos hematófagos y sus preferencias por hospederos son variados. Se hace una revisión descriptiva de la literatura sobre las preferencias hematófagas de las especies registradas en México, para valorar cuáles tienen especial importancia en la transmisión de Leishmania al humano y cuales mantienen la infección enzoótica en otros vertebrados, al tiempo que se incentiva el estudio de las preferencias hematófagas para aquellas cuyos hábitos alimentarios se desconocen.
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Viveros-Santos V, Hernández-Triana LM, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Ortega-Morales AI, Nikolova NI, Pairot P, Fooks AR, Casas-Martínez M. Integrated Approaches for the Identification of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Volcanoes of Central America Physiographic Subprovince of the State of Chiapas, Mexico. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2022; 22:120-137. [PMID: 35175140 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2021.0034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Nowadays, there is a lack of information on the mosquito's fauna and DNA barcoding sequence reference library from many areas in Mexico, including the Volcanoes of Central America physiographic subprovince in the state of Chiapas. Consequently, a survey was undertaken to delineate the mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) fauna in this region across different seasons using different collecting techniques. All species were identified by morphology and DNA barcoding, and their ecological features were also defined. In total, 62 taxa were morphologically examined, 60 of these were successfully identified based on morphological characteristics, but two were unable to be identified at the species level. The genera Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, and Wyeomyia are the most diverse among mosquito genera collected and include several species of medical and veterinary importance. Ecological characteristics of the immature habitats indicated that they were grouped into four categories namely, (1) large water bodies at ground level, (2) small and shady phytotelmata (e.g., tree holes and bamboo internodes), (3) large phytotelmata (e.g., plant leaves and axis bromeliad), and (4) artificial containers. The cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) DNA barcoding sequences successfully separated the majority of these species, although specific species showed >2% intraspecific genetic divergences.
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- Vicente Viveros-Santos
- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, México
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- Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro Unidad Laguna, Torreón, México
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- Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, Universidad de Guelph, Ontario, Canadá
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, Thailand
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- Virology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, México
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Barrientos-Roldán MJ, Abella-Medrano CA, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Sandoval-Ruiz CA. Landscape Anthropization Affects Mosquito Diversity in a Deciduous Forest in Southeastern Mexico. J Med Entomol 2022; 59:248-256. [PMID: 34477878 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are considered the group of insects that most impacts human health. Land use change, conversion of conserved sites into agricultural environments, urbanization, defaunation, and introduction of domestic animals can affect mosquito diversity positively or negatively, increasing the risk of transmission of zoonotic diseases. Here, we describe the diversity of adult mosquitoes in two environments (deciduous forest and anthropized zone) over 2 yr (2014-2016), using eight CDC traps at each site in three climatic seasons (rainy, cold, and dry). We captured 795 individuals belonging to 22 species. We constructed rank-abundance curves to determine spatial and temporal changes in the mosquito communities. We measured alpha diversity using the Shannon index (H'), Shannon exponential (eH) and Simpson dominance (Ds), and beta diversity using Jaccard's coefficient of similarity (Ij). The most abundant species were Culex quinquefasciatus (40.5%), Culex coronator (18.3%), and Anopheles pseudopunctipennis (12.4%). The highest mosquito diversity was in the deciduous forest during the rainy season. Beta diversity analysis showed that species overlap varied among climatic seasons, with the sites sharing 65% species during the rainy season, but only 33% of species during the dry season. We found differences in the diversity of mosquitoes at the two sites, and the mosquito assemblage of the anthropized zone was significantly different from that of the deciduous forest.
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- Maggi Janelly Barrientos-Roldán
- Laboratorio de Artropodología y Salud, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Blvd. Valsequillo y Av. San Claudio. Edificio BIO 1, Ciudad Universitaria. Col. Jardines de San Manuel, C. P. 72570. Puebla, México
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- Laboratorio de Artropodología y Salud, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Blvd. Valsequillo y Av. San Claudio. Edificio BIO 1, Ciudad Universitaria. Col. Jardines de San Manuel, C. P. 72570. Puebla, México
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- Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Carretera antigua a Coatepec No. 351. El Haya, Xalapa, C. P. 91073. Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Laboratorio de Artropodología y Salud, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Blvd. Valsequillo y Av. San Claudio. Edificio BIO 1, Ciudad Universitaria. Col. Jardines de San Manuel, C. P. 72570. Puebla, México
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Montes de Oca-Aguilar AC, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Rebollar-Téllez EA. First record of larval microhabitats of sandflies in Mexico with the description of the fourth instar larva of Brumptomyia hamata. Med Vet Entomol 2021; 35:302-314. [PMID: 33249628 DOI: 10.1111/mve.12494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Despite the medical importance of sandflies as vectors (Diptera: Phlebotominae) of Leishmania spp., immature stages of phlebotomine sandflies have never been found in the wild in Mexico. In the present investigation, we sought to identify specific microhabitats associated with the presence of sandfly immature stages. Field work was conducted in 11 localities of the Yucatan Peninsula and we collected soil samples from each site during two periods (November 2007 to April 2008, November 2008). Soil samples were transported to our base camp and were processed using the Berlese's funnels. We processed a total 242 soil samples with an average weight of 362 ± (SD) 317 gr. From these samples, we were able to recover 51 phlebotomine larvae in five different microhabitats and largest number was obtained from mammal burrows (88%) and from tree-buttresses of Brosimium alicastrum (Berg) (6%). We identified larval microhabitat for Brumptomyia hamata (Fairchild & Hertig) and those specimens provided the material to describe for the first time the fourth instar larva. We also include information of a larval microhabitat of Lutzomyia cruciata (Coquillett). In addition, we recorded a total of 4872 arthropods from 15 taxa in all those soil samples in which sandfly larvae were found, being Collembola (76%) and Acari (10%) the most abundant.
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- A C Montes de Oca-Aguilar
- Laboratorio de Inmunología del Centro de Investigaciones Regionales "Dr. Hideyo Noguchi", Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Xalapa, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Departamento de Zoología de Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad S/N, Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
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Tlapaya-Romero L, Santos-Moreno A, Ibáñez-Bernal S. Effect of seasonality and microclimate on the variation in bat-fly load (Diptera: Streblidae) in a cave bat assemblage in a dry forest. MAMMALIA 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2020-0115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Seasonality causes fluctuations in the availability of resources, affecting the presence and abundance of animal species. These fluctuations can have an impact on parasite-host relationships, which in turn can be exacerbated by microclimatic changes to which bat-flies are exposed. We characterized the bat-fly load and evaluated the effect of seasonality on five bat species in a dry forest. We evaluated variations in microclimatic conditions inside the cave Cerro Huatulco between seasons and the response of the bat-fly load. We collected 1165 bat-fly specimens belonging to 16 species from 688 bats. The obtained results indicate that the mean abundance and infestation intensity exhibited changes between seasons in Artibeus jamaicensis, Desmodus rotundus, Glossophaga soricina, and Pteronotus parnellii. In the case of the effect of microclimate conditions, we observed that prevalence is negatively correlated with temperature in G. soricina, while mean abundance and mean infestation intensity were negatively related to temperature in A. jamaicensis and G. soricina. The present study provides significant information about host-parasite relationships in a dry forest and discusses the relevance of abiotic and biotic factors that could affect host-parasite interactions, as well as the importance of each parasite load parameter for the understanding of this interaction.
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- Liliana Tlapaya-Romero
- Laboratorio de Ecología Animal , Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional , Calle Hornos No. 1003, Colonia Noche Buena, 71230 , Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán , Oaxaca , Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Animal , Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional , Calle Hornos No. 1003, Colonia Noche Buena, 71230 , Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán , Oaxaca , Mexico
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- Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad , Instituto de Ecología , A.C. Antigua Carretera a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya , Xalapa , C.P. 91070 Veracruz , Mexico
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Jaume-Schinkel S, Ibáñez-Bernal S. A new species of Bithoracochaeta Stein (Diptera: Muscidae) with comments on Mexican species of the genus and their implication as possible biocontrol agents for greenhouses pests. Zootaxa 2020; 4896:zootaxa.4896.2.9. [PMID: 33756869 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.2.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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A new species of Bithoracochaeta Stein, 1911 (Diptera, Muscidae), Bithoracochaeta couriae sp. nov., is described and illustrated. In addition, we present comments on all Mexican species of the genus, a brief description of hunting behavior of B. couriae sp. nov. and its possible use as a biological control agent of greenhouses pests.
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- Santiago Jaume-Schinkel
- Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL), Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Colonia El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. C.P. 91073..
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Lozano-Sardaneta YN, Paternina LE, Sánchez-Montes S, Quintero A, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Sánchez-Cordero V, Bejarano EE, Becker I. DNA barcoding and fauna of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico. Acta Trop 2020; 201:105220. [PMID: 31618609 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mexico has great diversity of phlebotomine sand flies related to cases of leishmaniasis, yet few studies have dressed the molecular taxonomy of these sand fly species. The use of the cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene, as a DNA Barcode has facilitated the molecular identification of sand flies species worldwide. We use the DNA barcode as a useful tool for the identification of phlebotomine sand flies of the natural reserve Los Tuxtlas from Veracruz, México. A fragment of 536 bp of the COI gene was obtained from 36 individuals belonging to eight species of five genera (Dampfomyia, Lutzomyia, Psathyromyia, Psychodopygus and Brumptomyia) with coverage between 92-100%, and found similarities ranging from 93-98% with other New World phlebotomine sand flies. The NJ dendogram grouped sand flies into eight clusters according to identified species, supported by bootstrap of 97%-100%. In conclusion, all phlebotomine sand flies were correctly identified and agree with the morphological identification, also could separate genetics the isomorphic females of the genus Brumptomyia.
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- Yokomi N Lozano-Sardaneta
- Centro de Medicina Tropical, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Grupo Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Sucre, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia
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- Centro de Medicina Tropical, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Centro de Medicina Tropical, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Grupo Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Sucre, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia
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- Centro de Medicina Tropical, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México.
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van Hoesel W, Marzal A, Magallanes S, Santiago-Alarcon D, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Renner SC. Management of ecosystems alters vector dynamics and haemosporidian infections. Sci Rep 2019; 9:8779. [PMID: 31217486 PMCID: PMC6584559 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45068-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The presence of insect vectors is a key prerequisite for transmission of vector-borne disease such as avian haemosporidians. In general, the effects of land use change on Diptera vectors are not well studied; the response of vectors to forest management depends on vector species, as has been shown previously for the birds. We tested if abundance of insects from different Diptera families and haemosporidian infection are affected through alteration of habitat structural variables (measured by LiDAR) and forest management intensities. We identified higher large-scale variation of female insect abundance in northeastern than in southwestern Germany. Unmanaged forest stands had higher Diptera insect abundances. We found that abundance of female Diptera increased with the amount of forest gaps but decreased in forest plots with more south facing aspect, higher habitat structural heterogeneity, temperature and humidity. We found that haemosporidian infections in Diptera insects increased with increased management intensity and more canopy structural diversity (e.g., amount of edge habitat), but decreased with a denser shrub layer, deeper leaf litter and higher humidity (characteristics for unmanaged forest stands). Although higher forest management intensity decreased vector abundance, the haemosporidian infections in the vectors increased, indicating a significant effect of forest management on disease dynamics.
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- Willem van Hoesel
- Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1880, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Zoology, University of Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas s/n, 06006, Badajoz, Spain
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- Department of Zoology, University of Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas s/n, 06006, Badajoz, Spain
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- Red de Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1880, Vienna, Austria.
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Center, National Zoological Park, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA, 22630, USA.
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Rivera-García KD, Rísquez-Pérez A, Ibáñez-Bernal S. Description of the pupa and additional characters of the fourth-instar larva, female, and male genitalia of Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) coatzacoalcos Dyar amp; Knab, with keys for the identification of Mexican species of Uranotaenia (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa 2019; 4608:zootaxa.4608.2.3. [PMID: 31717146 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.2.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Eleven species of Uranotaenia, one belonging to the subgenus Pseudoficalbia and ten to the subgenus Uranotaenia, have been recorded in Mexico. In general, two species are commonly recorded in urban areas by the vector surveillance programs, but the other species are rarely collected as they occupy habitats in non-anthropized environments, and for that reason they remain poorly known. Some of the species recorded in Mexico have not been described in the pupal stage and other developmental stages have only been partially described, making their recognition difficult. One of these species is Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) coatzacoalcos Dyar Knab, as a complete description of its larval chaetotaxy is not available, and the pupa has not been described. In this report, we provide a complete morphological description of the fourth-instar larva, the first description of the pupa, and a review of the female and male diagnostic characteristics useful for recognition of the species. We also provide keys in English and Spanish for the recognition of the larvae, pupae, females, and male genitalia of the species of Uranotaenia recorded in Mexico.
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- Karina D Rivera-García
- Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, CP 91070, México..
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Trujillo-Pahua L, Ibáñez-Bernal S. New Geographical Records of Bat Flies (Diptera: Streblidae) Associated With Phyllostomid Bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in the West Highlands of Mexico. J Med Entomol 2019; 56:18-28. [PMID: 30247709 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjy166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Streblidae are ectoparasites exclusive to bats and feed only on their blood. Studies on ectoparasite fauna have increased our ecological knowledge of the parasitic relationship between streblids and their bat hosts. We evaluate assemblages of phyllostomid bats and their ectoparasitic flies in three scenarios with different types of anthropogenic use: pine-oak forest, avocado orchards, and an urban park during an annual cycle in the highlands of Michoacan, Mexico. We recorded a total of 325 bats belonging to nine species in three subfamilies: Glossophaginae, Desmodontinae, and Stenodermatinae, and obtained 225 bat flies belonging to seven species. The nectivorous bat Anoura geoffroyi Gray, 1838, had the highest prevalence of infestation and the hematophagous bat Desmodus rotundus (É. Geoffroy, 1810) was the host with the highest mean parasite abundance and mean intensity. Aspidoptera delatorrei Wenzel, 1966, Megistopoda proxima (Séguy, 1926), Paratrichobius longicrus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907), Trichobius brennani Wenzel, 1966, and T. parasiticus Gervais, 1844, are new records for the state of Michoacan reported in this study.
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- L Trujillo-Pahua
- Instituto de Ecología A. C. (INECOL), Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera antigua a Coatepec, Col. El Haya Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología A. C. (INECOL), Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera antigua a Coatepec, Col. El Haya Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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Ortega-Morales A, Zavortink T, Huerta-Jiménez H, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Siller-Rodríguez Q. The mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Hidalgo state, Mexico. Acta Trop 2019; 189:94-103. [PMID: 30003908 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In order to document the species richness of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and their distributions in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, collecting trips were conducted to all physiographic regions (Coastal Plain of North Gulf, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Neo-volcanic Axis) and subregions of the state. Additionally, mosquito specimens from Hidalgo deposited in the Collection of Arthropods of Medical Importance (CAIM) were reexamined. A total of 3225 specimens were collected and studied and an additional 69 pinned mosquitoes and 15 microscope slides in CAIM were examined. The two Culicidae subfamilies Anophelinae and Culicinae, 8 tribes, 12 genera, 24 subgenera, and 56 species were documented. Of these, 4 tribes, 7 genera, 13 subgenera, and 26 species are new records for the mosquito fauna of Hidalgo. Nine species previously recorded were not found in the collections made during this study. Taxonomic notes, new distribution records, and comments about the medical importance of the species found are included.
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- Aldo Ortega-Morales
- Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro Unidad Laguna, Torreón, Coahuila, 27084, Mexico
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- Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA
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- Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Del. Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México, 11800, Mexico
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- Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, 91070, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Juárez del estado de Durango, Calzada Palma 1 and Calle Sixto Ugalde, Colonia Revolución, C.P. 35050, Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico.
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Vázquez-Corzas FG, Sandoval-Comte A, Hernández-López P, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Pineda E. First records of parasitoidism by Sarcophagidae flies (Diptera) on three amphibian species in Mexico. J NAT HIST 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1535674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Flor G. Vázquez-Corzas
- Red Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Red Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Red Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Red Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Durán-Luz J, Sandoval-Ruiz CA, Ibáñez-Bernal S. Phlebotominae and Trichomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae) diversity in a tropical dry forest of central Mexico: a comparison of conserved and anthropized habitats. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2018.1486496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Juana Durán-Luz
- Laboratorio de Artropodología y Salud, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Ciudad Universitaria, Puebla, Mexico
- Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL), Xalapa, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Artropodología y Salud, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Ciudad Universitaria, Puebla, Mexico
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- Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL), Xalapa, Mexico
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Brown BV, Borkent A, Adler PH, Amorim DDS, Barber K, Bickel D, Boucher S, Brooks SE, Burger J, Burington ZL, Capellari RS, Costa DNR, Cumming JM, Curler G, Dick CW, Epler JH, Fisher E, Gaimari SD, Gelhaus J, Grimaldi DA, Hash J, Hauser M, Hippa H, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Jaschhof M, Kameneva EP, Kerr PH, Korneyev V, Korytkowski CA, Kung GA, Kvifte GM, Lonsdale O, Marshall SA, Mathis W, Michelsen V, Naglis S, Norrbom AL, Paiero S, Pape T, Pereira-Colavite A, Pollet M, Rochefort S, Rung A, Runyon JB, Savage J, Silva VC, Sinclair BJ, Skevington JH, Stireman Iii JO, Swann J, Thompson FC, Vilkamaa P, Wheeler T, Whitworth T, Wong M, Wood DM, Woodley N, Yau T, Zavortink TJ, Zumbado MA. Comprehensive inventory of true flies (Diptera) at a tropical site. Commun Biol 2018; 1:21. [PMID: 30271908 PMCID: PMC6123690 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0022-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Estimations of tropical insect diversity generally suffer from lack of known groups or faunas against which extrapolations can be made, and have seriously underestimated the diversity of some taxa. Here we report the intensive inventory of a four-hectare tropical cloud forest in Costa Rica for one year, which yielded 4332 species of Diptera, providing the first verifiable basis for diversity of a major group of insects at a single site in the tropics. In total 73 families were present, all of which were studied to the species level, providing potentially complete coverage of all families of the order likely to be present at the site. Even so, extrapolations based on our data indicate that with further sampling, the actual total for the site could be closer to 8000 species. Efforts to completely sample a site, although resource-intensive and time-consuming, are needed to better ground estimations of world biodiversity based on limited sampling.
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- Brian V Brown
- Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA.
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- Royal British Columbia Museum and the American Museum of Natural History, 691-8th Ave. SE, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 2C2, Canada
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, 130 McGinty Court, E-143 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634-0310, USA
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- Depto. de Biologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14.040-901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, 1219 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, P6A 2E5, Canada
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- Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Canadian National Collection of Insects, Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Spaulding Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH, 45431, USA
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- Instituto Federal do Triângulo Mineiro - Campus Uberaba. Rua João Batista Ribeiro 4000, Distrito Industrial II, 38064-790, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Jardim das Américas, 81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Canadian National Collection of Insects, Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, 100 Old Highway 12, P.O. Drawer 9775, Mississippi State, MS, 39762-9775, USA
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- Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 42101, USA
- Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, 60605, USA
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- Independent Investigator, Crawfordville, FL, USA
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- California State Collection of Arthropods, 2683 Tam O' Shanter Dr., El Dorado Hills, California, CA, 95762, USA
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- California Department of Food and Agriculture, California State Collection of Arthropods, 3294 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA, 95832-1448, USA
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- The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA, 19103-1195, USA
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- American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY, 10024-5192, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- California Department of Food and Agriculture, California State Collection of Arthropods, 3294 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA, 95832-1448, USA
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- Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI-20014, University of Turku, Helsinki, Finland
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL), Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, Col El Haya, Xalapa, CP, 91070, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Station Linné, Ölands Skogsby 161, SE-38693, Färjestaden, Sweden
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- I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Bogdan Chmielnicki St. 15, 01030, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- California Department of Food and Agriculture, California State Collection of Arthropods, 3294 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA, 95832-1448, USA
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- I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Bogdan Chmielnicki St. 15, 01030, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA
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- Department of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7800, 5040, Bergen, Norway
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 169, Washington, D.C., 20013-7012, USA
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC-168, P.O. Box 37012, Washington DC, 20013-7012, USA
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, CCEN, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Castelo Branco, s/n, CEP 58.051-900, João Pessoa/PB, Brazil
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- Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium
- Research Group Terrestrial Ecology (TEREC), Ghent University, K.L.Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Entomology Unit, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Vautierstraat 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- California Department of Food and Agriculture, California State Collection of Arthropods, 3294 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA, 95832-1448, USA
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- USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 1648 S. 7th Avenue, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bishop's University, 2600 College Street, Sherbrooke, QC, J1M 1Z7, Canada
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- UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal; Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- Canadian National Collection of Insects & Canadian Food Inspection Agency, OPL-Entomology, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Canadian National Collection of Insects, Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH, 45431, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 169, Washington, D.C., 20013-7012, USA
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- Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Washington State University, 2533 Inter Avenue, Puyallup, WA, 98372, USA
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- Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA
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- Canadian National Collection of Insects, Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), 22-3100, Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Abella-Medrano CA, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Carbó-Ramírez P, Santiago-Alarcon D. Blood-meal preferences and avian malaria detection in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) captured at different land use types within a neotropical montane cloud forest matrix. Parasitol Int 2018; 67:313-320. [PMID: 29408493 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 01/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Carlos Antonio Abella-Medrano
- Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351 El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz 91070, Mexico; Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red de Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351 El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz 91070, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351 El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz 91070, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red de Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351 El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz 91070, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red de Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351 El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz 91070, Mexico.
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Montes de Oca-Aguilar AC, Rebollar-Téllez EA, Piermarini PM, Ibáñez-Bernal S. Descriptions of the Immature Stages of Lutzomyia (Tricholateralis) cruciata (Coquillett) (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae). Neotrop Entomol 2017; 46:66-85. [PMID: 27631128 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-016-0439-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The present study presents morphological and chaetotaxic descriptions of the immature stages of Lutzomyia (Tricholateralis) cruciata (Coquillett), a probable vector of leishmaniasis in Mexico. The egg exochorion is consistent with the species already known as Lu. (Tricholaterialis), but different from the Lu. cruciata egg of Chiapas, Mexico. The fourth instar larva of Lu. (Tricholateralis) cruciata possesses a novel antenna, combining morphological characteristics of categories 2 and 3 for neotropical sandflies. Differences between the chaetotaxy of first and fourth instar larvae of Lu. cruciata with those of Lu. (Lutzomyia) and Lu. (Tricholaterlis) are compared and discussed. This is the first time in which the chaetotaxy and morphology of pupa of a species belonging to Lutzomyia (Tricholateralis) sensu Galati have been described, and we recorded for the first time the anterior prothorax setae, which was previously only considered for Old World species.
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- A C Montes de Oca-Aguilar
- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, CP 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Depto de Zoología de Invertebrados, Lab de Entomología Médica, Univ Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, México
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- College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Dept of Entomology, Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, CP 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
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Equihua M, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Benítez G, Estrada-Contreras I, Sandoval-Ruiz CA, Mendoza-Palmero FS. Establishment of Aedes aegypti (L.) in mountainous regions in Mexico: Increasing number of population at risk of mosquito-borne disease and future climate conditions. Acta Trop 2017; 166:316-327. [PMID: 27863974 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The study was conducted in the central region of Veracruz Mexico, in the metropolitan area of Xalapa. It is a mountainous area where Aedes aegypti (L.) is not currently endemic. An entomological survey was done along an elevation gradient using the Ae. aegypti occurrences at different life cycle stages. Seven sites were sampled and a total of 24 mosquito species were recorded: 9 species were found in urban areas, 18 in non-urban areas with remnant vegetation, and 3 occurred in both environments. Ae. aegypti was found only in the urban areas, usually below 1200m a.s.l., but in this study was recorded for the first time at 1420m a.s.l. These occurrences, together with additional distribution data in the state of Veracruz were used to developed species distribution models using Maxlike software in R to identify the current projected suitable areas for the establishment of this vector and the human populations that might be affected by dengue transmission at higher elevations. Its emergence in previously unsuitable places appears to be driven by both habitat destruction and biodiversity loss associated with biotic homogenization. A border study using data from the edges of the vector's distribution might allow sensitive monitoring to detect any changes in this mosquito's distribution pattern, and any changes in the anthropic drivers or climate that could increase transmission risk.
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- Miguel Equihua
- Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351 El Haya, C.P. 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351 El Haya, C.P. 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351 El Haya, C.P. 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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- Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351 El Haya, C.P. 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Artropodología y Salud, Escuela de Biología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Blvd. Valsequillo y Av. San Claudio Edificio 112-A, Ciudad Universitaria Col. Jardines de San Manuel, C.P. 72570 Puebla, Mexico
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- Departamento de Vigilancia Epidemiológica, Subdirección de Epidemiología, Servicios de Salud de Veracruz (SESVER). Ernesto Ortiz Medina No. 3 Col. Obrero Campesina, C.P. 91120 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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Estrada-Contreras I, Sandoval-Ruiz CA, Mendoza-Palmero FS, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Equihua M, Benítez G. Data documenting the potential distribution of Aedes aegypti in the center of Veracruz, Mexico. Data Brief 2017; 10:432-437. [PMID: 28054003 PMCID: PMC5198849 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “Establishment of Aedes aegypti (L.) in mountainous regions in Mexico: Increasing number of population at risk of mosquito-borne disease and future climate conditions” (M. Equihua, S. Ibáñez-Bernal, G. Benítez, I. Estrada-Contreras, C.A. Sandoval-Ruiz, F.S. Mendoza-Palmero, 2016) [1]. This article provides presence records in shapefile format used to generate maps of potential distribution of Aedes aegypti with different climate change scenarios as well as each of the maps obtained in raster format. In addition, tables with values of potential distribution of the vector as well as the average values of probability of presence including data of the mosquito incidence along the altitudinal range.
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- Israel Estrada-Contreras
- Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351 El Haya, Xalapa, C.P. 91070 Veracruz, México
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- Laboratorio de Artropodología y Salud, Escuela de Biología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Puebla, México. Blvd. Valsequillo y Av. San Claudio Edificio 112-A, Ciudad Universitaria Col. Jardines de San Manuel, C.P. 72570 Puebla, Mexico
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- Departamento de Vigilancia Epidemiológica, Subdirección de Epidemiología, Servicios de Salud de Veracruz (SESVER), Ernesto Ortiz Medina No. 3 Col. Obrero Campesina, Xalapa, C.P. 91120 Veracruz, México
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- Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351 El Haya, Xalapa, C.P. 91070 Veracruz, México
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- Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351 El Haya, Xalapa, C.P. 91070 Veracruz, México
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- Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351 El Haya, Xalapa, C.P. 91070 Veracruz, México
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Ibáñez-Bernal S, González-García F, Santiago-Alarcon D. New Bird Host Records ForOrnithoctona fusciventris(Diptera: Hippoboscidae) in Mexico. SOUTHWEST NAT 2016. [DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909-60.4.377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Stebner F, Solórzano Kraemer MM, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Wagner R. Datziinae as a new subfamily name for the unavailable name Protopsychodinae Stebner et al., 2015, (Diptera: Psychodidae). PeerJ 2015; 3:e1423. [PMID: 26623188 PMCID: PMC4662589 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In a recent paper a new subfamily of Psychodidae was inadequately named Protopsychodinae. This nomenclatural act cannot be considered as a valid name under ICZN regulations because the subfamily name is not based on the type genusDatziaStebner et al., 2015, and furthermore the fossil genusProtopsychodaAzar et al., 1999 was originally described under the subfamily Psychodinae. Therefore, the new family-group name Datziinae is herein proposed.
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- Frauke Stebner
- Steinmann-Institut, Abteilung Paläontologie, Bonn, Germany
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- Steinmann-Institut, Abteilung Paläontologie, Bonn, Germany
- Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- FB 10 Naturwissenschaften, Institut für Biologie, Kassel, Germany
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Abella-Medrano CA, Ibáñez-Bernal S, MacGregor-Fors I, Santiago-Alarcon D. Spatiotemporal variation of mosquito diversity (Diptera: Culicidae) at places with different land-use types within a neotropical montane cloud forest matrix. Parasit Vectors 2015; 8:487. [PMID: 26399854 PMCID: PMC4581103 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1086-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Land-use change has led to a dramatic decrease in total forest cover, contributing to biodiversity loss and changes of ecosystems’ functions. Insect communities of medical importance can be favored by anthropogenic alterations, increasing the risk of novel zoonotic diseases. The response of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) abundance and richness to five land-use types (shade coffee plantation, cattle field, urban forest, peri-urban forest, well-preserved montane cloud forest) and three seasons (“dry”, “rainy” and “cold”) embedded in a neotropical montane cloud forest landscape was evaluated. Methods Standardized collections were performed using 8 CDC miniature black-light traps, baited with CO2 throughout the year. Generalized additive mixed models were used to describe the seasonal and spatial trends of both species richness and abundance. Rank abundance curves and ANCOVAs were used to detect changes in the spatial and temporal structure of the mosquito assemblage. Two cluster analyses were conducted, using 1-βsim and the Morisita-Horn index to evaluate species composition shifts based on incidences and abundances. Results A total of 2536 adult mosquitoes were collected, belonging to 9 genera and 10 species; the dominant species in the study were: Aedes quadrivittatus, Wyeomyia adelpha, Wy. arthrostigma, and Culex restuans. Highest richness was recorded in the dry season, whereas higher abundance was detected during the rainy season. The urban forest had the highest species richness (n = 7) when compared to all other sites. Species composition cluster analyses show that there is a high degree of similarity in species numbers across sites and seasons throughout the year. However, when considering the abundance of such species, the well-preserved montane cloud forest showed significantly higher abundance. Moreover, the urban forest is only 30 % similar to other sites in terms of species abundances, indicating a possible isolating role of the urban environment. Conclusion Mosquito assemblage was differentially influenced by land-use change and seasonality, but at the same time the assemblage is rather homogeneous across the studied landscape, suggesting a high degree of spatial connectivity. Information generated in this study is potentially useful in the development of urban planning and surveillance programs focused mainly on mosquito species of medical and veterinary importance. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13071-015-1086-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Carlos Antonio Abella-Medrano
- Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351 El Haya, Xalapa, 91070, Veracruz, Mexico.,Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red de Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351 El Haya, Xalapa, 91070, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351 El Haya, Xalapa, 91070, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351 El Haya, Xalapa, 91070, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red de Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351 El Haya, Xalapa, 91070, Veracruz, Mexico.
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Stebner F, Solórzano Kraemer MM, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Wagner R. Moth flies and sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber. PeerJ 2015; 3:e1254. [PMID: 26401462 PMCID: PMC4579024 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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One new subfamily, four new genera and 10 new species of Psychodidae are described from Burmese amber which significantly increases our knowledge about this group in the Cretaceous. Protopsychodinae n. subfam. probably represents the oldest known ancestor of modern Psychodinae and includes three species within two genera: Datzia setosa gen. et sp. n., Datzia bispina gen. et sp. n., and Mandalayia beumersorum gen. et sp. n. Sycoracinae and Phlebotominae are represented by two genera each in the studied material, Palaeoparasycorax globosus gen. et sp. n., Palaeoparasycorax suppus gen. et sp. n., Parasycorax simplex sp. n., and Phlebotomites aphoe sp. n. and Phlebotomus vetus sp. n., respectively. Bruchomyiinae is represented by Nemopalpus quadrispiculatus sp. n. Furthermore, one genus of an incertae sedis subfamily, Bamara groehni gen. et sp. n., is described. The systematic positions of the new taxa are discussed.
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- Frauke Stebner
- Steinmann-Institut, Abteilung Paläontologie, Bonn, Germany
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- Steinmann-Institut, Abteilung Paläontologie, Bonn, Germany
- Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- FB 10 Naturwissenschaften, Institut für Biologie, Kassel, Germany
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Ibáñez-Bernal S, Fisher E. Change of name for the Oriental robber fly Nyssomyia Hull, 1962 (Diptera: Asilidae, Asilinae), nec Nyssomyia Barretto, 1962 (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae). Zootaxa 2015; 4000:299-300. [PMID: 26623618 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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A new name for the Oriental genus Nyssomyia Hull, 1962 (Diptera: Asilidae) is proposed. Homonymy exists between this Oriental robber fly genus and the more senior Neotropical phlebotomine sand fly genus Nyssomyia Barretto, 1962 (sensu Galati 2003) (Diptera: Psychodidae), and the following replacement name is proposed: Ekkentronomyia nom. nov. for Nyssomyia Hull (nec Barretto 1962). Accordingly, a new combination is herein proposed for the only species currently included in this genus: Ekkentronomyia ochracea (Hull, 1962) comb. nov.
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- Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal
- Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Insectos con Interés Médico-Veterinario, Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Antigua carretera a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, CP 91070, México.;
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- Independent, El Dorado Hills, California, USA; Research Associate, California State Collection of Arthropods, Sacramento, California.;
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Cossío-Bayúgar A, Romero E, Gallina S, Suzán G, Ibáñez-Bernal S. Variation of Gastrointestinal Parasites In Mule Deer and Cattle In Mapimí Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. SOUTHWEST NAT 2015. [DOI: 10.1894/tal-74.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sotomayor-Bonilla J, Chaves A, Rico-Chávez O, Rostal MK, Ojeda-Flores R, Salas-Rojas M, Aguilar-Setien Á, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Barbachano-Guerrero A, Gutiérrez-Espeleta G, Aguilar-Faisal JL, Aguirre AA, Daszak P, Suzán G. Dengue virus in bats from southeastern Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014; 91:129-31. [PMID: 24752688 PMCID: PMC4080551 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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To identify the relationship between landscape use and dengue virus (DENV) occurrence in bats, we investigated the presence of DENV from anthropogenically changed and unaltered landscapes in two Biosphere Reserves: Calakmul (Campeche) and Montes Azules (Chiapas) in southern Mexico. Spleen samples of 146 bats, belonging to 16 species, were tested for four DENV serotypes with standard reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) protocols. Six bats (4.1%) tested positive for DENV-2: four bats in Calakmul (two Glossophaga soricina, one Artibeus jamaicensis, and one A. lituratus) and two bats in Montes Azules (both A. lituratus). No effect of anthropogenic disturbance on the occurrence of DENV was detected; however, all three RT-PCR-positive bat species are considered abundant species in the Neotropics and well-adapted to disturbed habitats. To our knowledge, this study is the first study conducted in southeastern Mexico to identify DENV-2 in bats by a widely accepted RT-PCR protocol. The role that bats play on DENV's ecology remains undetermined.
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- Jesús Sotomayor-Bonilla
- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México; Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York; Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, Distrito Federal, México; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología AC, Veracruz, México; Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Distrito Federal, México; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia
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A Sandoval-Ruiz C, Guevara R, Ibáñez-Bernal S. Household risk factors associated to infestation of Triatoma dimidiata, the Chagas disease vector in Central Region of Veracruz, Mexico. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 56:213-20. [DOI: 10.21149/spm.v56i2.7337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Objective. To evaluate risk factors facilitating the colonization of dwellings by Triatoma dimidiata in the central region of the state of Veracruz. Materials and methods. We applied socioeconomic questionnaires and entomologic surveys in three localities (Chavarrillo, Soyacuautla and Arroyo Agrio) in central Veracruz involving 115 households. Results. We found that the main risk factors were the predominance of unplastered walls and particularly those made of light weight aggregate concrete blocks and wood. At Chavarrillo, houses usually have unplastered walls, whereas in Soyocuautla walls are commonly manufactured with wood. In Arroyo Agrio, the phenomenon was seasonal, and bugs were commonly found in the dry season, particularly in relatively new houses, less than 20 years old. Conclusions. These results help to improve the surveillance capacity for this vector and the control strategies to reduce the transmission of Chagas disease in the state of Veracruz and other sites where this species is present.
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Pérez J, Virgen A, Rojas JC, Rebollar-Téllez EA, Alfredo C, Infante F, Mikery O, Marina CF, Ibáñez-Bernal S. Species composition and seasonal abundance of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in coffee agroecosystems. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2013; 109:80-6. [PMID: 24271002 PMCID: PMC4005524 DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The composition and seasonal occurrence of sandflies were investigated in coffee
agroecosystems in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico. Insect sampling was
performed on three plantations located at different altitudes: Finca Guadalupe Zajú
[1,000 m above sea level (a.s.l.)], Finca Argovia (613 m a.s.l.) and Teotihuacán del
Valle (429 m a.s.l.). Sandflies were sampled monthly from August 2007-July 2008 using
three sampling methods: Shannon traps, CDC miniature light traps and Disney traps.
Sampling was conducted for 3 h during three consecutive nights, beginning at sunset.
A total of 4,387 sandflies were collected during the course of the study: 2,718
individuals in Finca Guadalupe Zajú, 605 in Finca Argovia and 1,064 in Teotihuacán
del Valle. The Shannon traps captured 94.3% of the total sandflies, while the CDC
light traps and Disney traps captured 4.9% and 0.8%, respectively. More females than
males were collected at all sites. While the number of sandflies captured was
positively correlated with temperature and relative humidity, a negative correlation
was observed between sandfly numbers and rainfall. Five species of sandflies were
captured: Lutzomyia cruciata , Lutzomyia texana ,
Lutzomyia ovallesi , Lutzomyia cratifer /
undulata and Brumptomyia sp. Lu.
cruciata , constituting 98.8% of the total, was the most abundant
species. None of the captured sandflies was infected with Leishmania
spp.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, México
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- El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, TapachulaChiapas, México
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- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, TapachulaChiapas, México
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Moo-Llanes D, Ibarra-Cerdeña CN, Rebollar-Téllez EA, Ibáñez-Bernal S, González C, Ramsey JM. Current and future niche of North and Central American sand flies (Diptera: psychodidae) in climate change scenarios. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013; 7:e2421. [PMID: 24069478 PMCID: PMC3777871 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Ecological niche models are useful tools to infer potential spatial and temporal distributions in vector species and to measure epidemiological risk for infectious diseases such as the Leishmaniases. The ecological niche of 28 North and Central American sand fly species, including those with epidemiological relevance, can be used to analyze the vector's ecology and its association with transmission risk, and plan integrated regional vector surveillance and control programs. In this study, we model the environmental requirements of the principal North and Central American phlebotomine species and analyze three niche characteristics over future climate change scenarios: i) potential change in niche breadth, ii) direction and magnitude of niche centroid shifts, iii) shifts in elevation range. Niche identity between confirmed or incriminated Leishmania vector sand flies in Mexico, and human cases were analyzed. Niche models were constructed using sand fly occurrence datapoints from Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Nine non-correlated bioclimatic and four topographic data layers were used as niche components using GARP in OpenModeller. Both B2 and A2 climate change scenarios were used with two general circulation models for each scenario (CSIRO and HadCM3), for 2020, 2050 and 2080. There was an increase in niche breadth to 2080 in both scenarios for all species with the exception of Lutzomyia vexator. The principal direction of niche centroid displacement was to the northwest (64%), while the elevation range decreased greatest for tropical, and least for broad-range species. Lutzomyia cruciata is the only epidemiologically important species with high niche identity with that of Leishmania spp. in Mexico. Continued landscape modification in future climate change will provide an increased opportunity for the geographic expansion of NCA sand flys' ENM and human exposure to vectors of Leishmaniases.
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- David Moo-Llanes
- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública (CRISP), Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), Tapachula, Chiapas, México
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- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública (CRISP), Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), Tapachula, Chiapas, México
- Departamento de Ecología Humana, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), Mérida, Yucatán, México
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Zoología de Invertebrados, Cuidad Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garzas, Nuevo León, México
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- Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología A.C. (INECOL), Veracruz, México
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Tropical (CIMPAT), Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública (CRISP), Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), Tapachula, Chiapas, México
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Pech-May A, Marina CF, Vázquez-Domínguez E, Berzunza-Cruz M, Rebollar-Téllez EA, Narváez-Zapata JA, Moo-Llanes D, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Ramsey JM, Becker I. Genetic structure and divergence in populations of Lutzomyia cruciata, a phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) vector of Leishmania mexicana in southeastern Mexico. Infect Genet Evol 2013; 16:254-62. [PMID: 23416432 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Revised: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The low dispersal capacity of sand flies could lead to population isolation due to geographic barriers, climate variation, or to population fragmentation associated with specific local habitats due to landscape modification. The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia cruciata has a wide distribution throughout Mexico and is a vector of Leishmania mexicana in the southeast. The aim of this study was to evaluate the genetic diversity, structure, and divergence within and among populations of Lu. cruciata in the state of Chiapas, and to infer the intra-specific phylogeny using the 3' end of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. We analyzed 62 sequences from four Lu. cruciata populations and found 26 haplotypes, high genetic differentiation and restricted gene flow among populations (Fst=0.416, Nm=0.701, p<0.001). The highest diversity values were recorded in populations from Loma Bonita and Guadalupe Miramar. Three lineages (100% bootstrap and 7% overall divergence) were identified using a maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis which showed high genetic divergence (17.2-22.7%). A minimum spanning haplotype network also supported separation into three lineages. Genetic structure and divergence within and among Lu. cruciata populations are hence affected by geographic heterogeneity and evolutionary background. Data obtained in the present study suggest that Lu. cruciata in the state of Chiapas consists of at least three lineages. Such findings may have implications for vector capacity and hence for vector control strategies.
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- Angélica Pech-May
- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública-INSP, 19 Poniente y 4ta Norte, 30700 Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
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Beltrán-Aguilar A, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Mendoza- Palmero F, Sandoval-Ruiz CA, Hernández-Xoliot RA. Taxonomía y distribución de los anofelinos en el estado de Veracruz, México (Diptera: Culicidae, Anophelinae). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.21829/azm.2011.273778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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La malaria o paludismo es una enfermedad humana causada por protozoarios del género Plasmodium y es transmitida por hembras de mosquito de ciertas especies de Anopheles. Se estima queen México el 33.1% de la población vive en áreas donde puede ocurrir la transmisión de la malaria. Veracruz es un estado donde la enfermedad es endémica debido a diversos factores que lo hacen una zona de riesgo para la transmisión, entre ellos las condiciones climáticas y la migración humana. Por lo anterior, en este trabajo se presentan las bases para la reactivación de la vigilancia entomológica del paludismo en el estado de Veracruz, para lo cual se provee la diagnosis ilustrada de la larva, la pupa y los adultos de ambos sexos de las especies de anofelinos del estado, así como las claves taxonómicas que permiten su reconocimiento, con base en el examen de ejemplares recolectados o depositados en coleccionesentomológicas de referencia. También se obtuvieron mapas de distribución conocida y potencial de las especies por medio de GARP. Se mencionan además algunos datos bionómicos y la importanciamédica de cada especie. Se conocen en Veracruz 18 especies de anofelinos, agrupadas en dos géneros, Chagasia con una especie y Anopheles con 17 pertenecientes a los subgéneros An. (Anopheles), An. (Kerteszia) y An. (Nyssorhynchus). Se reconocen cuatro grupos de especies de acuerdo a su capacidad de transmisión de plasmodios y por su amplitud de distribución: el grupo de alto riesgo constituido por 2 especies; el grupo de riesgo moderado o regional, con 8 especies; el de escaso riesgo, con 3 especies y el de riesgo nulo con 5 especies. Prácticamente todo el estado posee vectores potenciales por lo que debe reestablecerse la vigilancia permanente de sus poblaciones. Este trabajo aporta elementos de juicio para que el estado pueda ser, en un futuro cercano, certificado como área libre de paludismo.
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González C, Rebollar-Téllez EA, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Becker-Fauser I, Martínez-Meyer E, Peterson AT, Sánchez-Cordero V. Current knowledge of Leishmania vectors in Mexico: how geographic distributions of species relate to transmission areas. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011; 85:839-46. [PMID: 22049037 PMCID: PMC3205629 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Leishmaniases are a group of vector-borne diseases with different clinical manifestations caused by parasites transmitted by sand fly vectors. In Mexico, the sand fly Lutzomyia olmeca olmeca is the only vector proven to transmit the parasite Leishmania mexicana to humans, which causes leishmaniasis. Other vector species with potential medical importance have been obtained, but their geographic distributions and relation to transmission areas have never been assessed. We modeled the ecological niches of nine sand fly species and projected niches to estimate potential distributions by using known occurrences, environmental coverages, and the algorithms GARP and Maxent. All vector species were distributed in areas with known recurrent transmission, except for Lu. diabolica, which appeared to be related only to areas of occasional transmission in northern Mexico. The distribution of Lu. o. olmeca does not overlap with all reported cutaneous leishmaniasis cases, suggesting that Lu. cruciata and Lu. shannoni are likely also involved as primary vectors in those areas. Our study provides useful information of potential risk areas of leishmaniasis transmission in Mexico.
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- Camila González
- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Ibáñez-Bernal S, Cáceres AG. Description of the female of the Peruvian sand fly Lutzomyia reclusa (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae). J Med Entomol 2011; 48:146-153. [PMID: 21485349 DOI: 10.1603/me10062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The female of the phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia reclusa Fernández & Rogers 1991 [= Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) reclusa (Fernández & Rogers) sensu Galati], is described for the first time, based on specimens collected in the Department of Cajamarca, in northern Peru. The female can be recognized from other species of the series pia, species group Verrucarum, by wing venation with beta shorter than half of alpha, labrum just shorter than head width but longer than flagellomere 1, palpomere 5 much longer than palpomere 3, arrangement of cibarial armature, and form of spermathecae and relative size of spermathecal ducts. Diagnostic characters and measurements of the male of Lu. reclusa are provided as well.
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- Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal
- Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera antigua a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, Xalapa, C.P. 91070, Veracruz, México.
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Mendoza F, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Cabrero-Sañudo FJ. A standardized sampling method to estimate mosquito richness and abundance for research and public health surveillance programmes. Bull Entomol Res 2008; 98:323-332. [PMID: 18644164 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485308005701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Programmes involving mosquito research and surveillance are normally focused on the study of aquatic larval stages, but sampling methods are varied and not systematized, which hinders the comparative analysis of ecological data. A standardized method for assessing the richness and abundance of mosquito larval populations of value for the analysis of mosquito diversity is presented. Based on the study of all the aquatic sites in a one hectare sample area with a proportional number of dips according to the size of the aquatic habitat, comparative data can be obtained on species richness and relative abundance of species found between pairs of sites or in the same area at different times. This technique provides information on the total mosquito fauna at each site, helps recognize species of medical importance and estimates the abundance of each species; parameters that are not estimated by the current entomological indexes used in surveillance programmes. The quality of the inventory is obtained by estimation of the efficiency effort. Procedures for calculating alpha, beta and gamma diversity are presented. The technique was validated in a natural and an urban zone at La Mancha, Veracruz, Mexico, over two years of sampling made during different climatic seasons.
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- F Mendoza
- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
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Ibáñez-Bernal S, Rodríguez-Domínguez G, Gómez-Hernández CH, Ricardez-Esquinca JR. First record of Lutzomyia evansi (Nuñez-Tovar 1924) in Mexico (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae). Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2004; 99:127-9. [PMID: 15250463 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762004000200002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia evansi is recorded in Mexico for the first time. This species is a suspected vector of Leishmania infantum in other parts of its geographical range and was captured in a focus of American visceral leishmaniasis where the principal vector, Lu. longipalpis sensu lato, was also found. The relative public health importance of the two species in the study area (Chiapas state, Southern Mexico) is discussed.
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- Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal
- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., km 2.5 Carretera Antigua a Coatepec N 351, Congregación el Haya, 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
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Vidal-Acosta V, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Martínez-Campos C. Infección natural de chinches Triatominae con Trypanosoma cruzi asociadas a la vivienda humana en México. Salud pública Méx 2000. [DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36342000000600005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Vidal-Acosta V, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Martínez-Campos C. [Natural Trypanosoma cruzi infection of Triatominae bugs associated with human habitations in Mexico ]. Salud Publica Mex 2000; 42:496-503. [PMID: 11201577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of infection with Trypanosoma cruzi in Triatominae species frequently found in and around Mexican dwellings, and to assess the frequency of Triatominae in towns by state. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between January 1993 and December 1999, 5,399 Triatominae bugs from 14 states of Mexico, were received in the Department of Entomology of the Institute for Epidemiologic Diagnosis and Referral (InDRE), for taxonomic determination and parasitoscopical search of Trypanosoma cruzi. Results obtained between 1993 and 1999 were analyzed globally. RESULTS From 13 bug species associated with human dwellings, nine were naturally infected with T. cruzi. The highest percentage of infection occurred in Triatoma pallidipennis, T. picturata, Rhodnius prolixus and T. longipennis. Nayarit, Morelos, and Michoacán were the states with the highest percentage of infected bugs. The species T. dimidiata, T. gerstaeckeri, T. longipennis, T. mexicana and T. pallidipennis were first state records and Pastrongylus rufotuberculatus was a first local record. CONCLUSIONS These findings stress the importance of studying the biology of Triatominae and the need for permanent surveillance, to allow for up-to-date distribution records of Triatominae species in and around human dwellings, those adapting to human dwellings, and frequencies of those naturally infected by T. cruzi.
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- V Vidal-Acosta
- Departamento de Entomología, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos Doctor Manuel Martínez Báez, Secretaría de Salud, México. D.F., México.
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Manrique-Saide P, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Delfín-González H, Parra Tabla V. Mesocyclops longisetus effects on survivorship of Aedes aegypti immature stages in car tyres. Med Vet Entomol 1998; 12:386-390. [PMID: 9824822 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00126.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The effect of the introduction of the entomophagous copepod Mesocyclops longisetus (Acuacultura F.C.B. strain) on the survival of Aedes aegypti immature stages in car tyres was evaluated under semi-natural conditions in the municipality of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Life tables were constructed for the immature stages of the mosquito in the presence and absence of M. longisetus, and the survival data were compared using log-linear models. The data set was adjusted using the GLIM statistical package and the quality of adjustment was evaluated with a chi-squared test. Survivorship curves were constructed for each treatment. In the absence of M. longisetus, the survivorship of Ae. aegypti immature stages averaged 9%. The highest mortality rate was observed during the fourth larval instar (54%) and the resulting survival pattern corresponded to a type II survivorship curve. The mortality rate of Ae. aegypti first-instar larvae (fifty per tyre) increased more than 200-fold in the presence of M. longisetus (twenty per tyre) and the highest mortality was during the first two larval instars, where it reached 98.9%, with a resulting survivorship of 0.2%. Overall mortality was sixfold greater in the presence of the copepod than in its absence. The survival pattern of immature stages of Ae. aegypti in the presence of the copepod corresponded to a type III survivorship curve. As M. longisetus was so effective against Ae. aegypti immature stages in tyres under seminatural conditions, its long-term effectiveness should be evaluated under socially and ecologically realistic field conditions in Mexico.
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- P Manrique-Saide
- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico.
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Ibáñez-Bernal S, Briseño B, Mutebi JP, Argot E, Rodríguez G, Martínez-Campos C, Paz R, de la Fuente-San Román P, Tapia-Conyer R, Flisser A. First record in America of Aedes albopictus naturally infected with dengue virus during the 1995 outbreak at Reynosa, Mexico. Med Vet Entomol 1997; 11:305-309. [PMID: 9430106 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00413.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Mosquito collections were conducted during a dengue outbreak in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, July-December 1995. A total of 6694 adult mosquitoes (four genera and nine species) were captured, of which 2986 (78.3% females and 21.7% males) were Aedes albopictus and 2339 (39.7% females and 60.3% males) were Ae.aegypti. These two species comprised 84.2% of the total collection. Specimens were grouped into pools, nearly 50% of them processed for detection of virus by cythopathic effect in C6-36 and VERO cell cultures and by haemagglutination test. Five pools gave positive haemagglutination reactions and were examined by immunofluorescence using monoclonal antibodies to flavivirus and to dengue virus. One pool of ten Ae.albopictus males was positive for dengue virus: serotypes 2 and 3 were identified by serotype-specific monoclonal antibodies and confirmed by RT-PCR. This is the first report of Ae.albopictus naturally infected with dengue virus in America. Also, it is the very first time Ae.albopictus males have been found infected with dengue virus in the wild.
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Human cases of tungiasis were recorded in Mexico until 1948. Here we report 3 new cases of infection by chigoe, Tunga penetrans (L.), with 2 from Hidalgo State and the 3rd, although acquired in Mexico City, was associated with the other 2 cases. This is the 1st record of this species in Hidalgo State and indicates a reappearance of this parasite in Mexico.
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- S Ibáñez-Bernal
- Departamento de Entomología, Instituto Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (INDRE), Dirección General de Epidemiología, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico, D.F. Mexico
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Briseño-García B, Gómez-Dantés H, Argott-Ramírez E, Montesano R, Vázquez-Martínez AL, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Madrigal-Ayala G, Ruíz-Matus C, Flisser A, Tapia-Conyer R. Potential risk for dengue hemorrhagic fever: the isolation of serotype dengue-3 in Mexico. Emerg Infect Dis 1996; 2:133-5. [PMID: 8903215 PMCID: PMC2639818 DOI: 10.3201/eid0202.960210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- B Briseño-García
- Instituto Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Dirección General de Epidemiología, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico D.F., Mexico
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Ibáñez-Bernal S, Martínez-Campos C. Aedes albopictus in Mexico. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 1994; 10:231-232. [PMID: 8965073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Data relating to the discovery and identification of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, in Coahuila State, Mexico, are presented. Infestations are reported for Piedras Negras and Ciudad Acuña. Samples from a third community were negative for Ae. albopictus.
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- S Ibáñez-Bernal
- Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiologicos (INDRE), Col. Santo Tomás, D.F., México
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