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Article Dans Une Revue Neotropical entomology Année : 2024

Urbanization and water containers iInfluence the mosquito community with consequences for Aedes aegypti

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We aimed to determine how the degree of urbanization in a Neotropical city influences Aedes aegypti (L.), a pantropical vector of urban yellow fever, dengue, Zika and Chikungunia, via other mosquito species, whether they are competitors or predators, native to the area or invasive. We conducted experiments twice a month during one year in the city of Kourou, French Guiana, on three sites characterized by increasing percentages of imperviousness (i.e., 0.65%, 33.80% and 86.60%). These sites were located in a ≈5 ha forest fragment, a residential area with gardens, and in the older part of the city, respectively, and correspond to slightly, moderately and highly urbanized sites. There, we monitored twice a month during one year a total of 108 mosquito communities inhabiting four types of containers (i.e., a tank bromeliad, dry stumps of bamboo, ovitraps and car tires) installed in a random block design. In the tanks of the bromeliad, likely due to the acidity of the water, the immatures of native mosquito species prevailed, particularly Wyeomyia pertinans (Williston) in the slightly urbanized site. The general pattern was very similar in the three other types of containers where Limatus durhamii Théobald dominated in the slightly urbanized site, so that the abundance of Ae. aegypti immatures was low compared to those of native species. Yet, Ae. aegypti strongly dominated in the two more urbanized sites. These findings open up perspectives for vector management, including the conservation and/or the augmentation of natural enemies through modifications to landscape features. © 2023, Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil.
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hal-04355897 , version 1 (20-12-2023)

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Stanislas Talaga, Arthur Compin, Frédéric Azémar, Céline Leroy, Alain Dejean. Urbanization and water containers iInfluence the mosquito community with consequences for Aedes aegypti. Neotropical entomology, 2024, 53, pp.162-170. ⟨10.1007/s13744-023-01091-9⟩. ⟨hal-04355897⟩
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