Cala pipiens is very common and distributed
allover Egypt. In some areas,
it acts as an intermediate host for filariasis
and thus seriously affecting
human health. In some other areas,
however, these insects survive in appreciable
numbers but with focal distribution
in certain villages without
extending to others.
In the present study, female adult
culicines collected during one year (15
bed rooms in each site) from Meet
Badr Khamees were 45 C pipiens, 121
C antennatus, 280 C univittatus and
20 Aedes caspius. From Mansoura, 38
C pipiens, 102 C antennatus, 227 C
univittatus and 11 Aedes. From
Talkha, collection was done from 3
villages, Batra, Manshat El-Badawy
and El-Manial (5 bedrooms in each
village); the mosquitoes collected were
62 C pipiens, 138 C antennatus, 295 C
univittatus and 28 Aedes. Three villages
from Meet Ghamr were included,
Sahragt, Damas and Koum EINour.
The mosquitoes collected were
170 C pipiens, 92 C antennatus, 240 C
univittatus and 22 Aedes. The most
abundant type collected was C univittalus
followed by C antennatus and C
Aliens and the least type was Aedes
caspius Outside collection revealed
that male/female ratios regarding C
pipiens, C univittatus, C antennatus
and Aedes ranged between 72.5% to
82%; 68.9% to 75.6%; 73.5% to 79%
and 57% to 68% respectively in different
sites. Only one female C pipiens
revealed infection with filarial larvae
(L3) after dissection of thoracic muscles,
from Meet Ghamr (Koum El-
Nour village). Aedes caspius was found
to be the least species in indoor collection
and the most abundant in outdoor
resting habitats. |
