ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF MOSQUITOS IN FILARIASIS ENDEMIC AREA OF BOGOR DISTRICT, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA M. Nirwan (a,b), Upik Kesumawati Hadi (c), Susi Soviana (c), Surachmi Setyaningsih (d), Fadjar Satrija (c)
a) Doctoral Program of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, IPB University, Bogor Indonesia.
b) Mandala Waluya College of Health Sciences, Kendari, Indonesia
c) Division of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine IPB University, Bogor Indonesia.
d) Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine IPB University, Bogor Indonesia.
Abstract
A research on abundance and diversity of mosquitoes were done in the two filariasis endemic areas in Bogor Regency. The objectives of this study were to determine the abundance and diversity of mosquitos and its importance as vectors of filariasis in two endemic areas in Bogor Regency, including Tamansari Village (rural) and Cimanggis Village (urban). This research was carried out from September 2019 to February 2020. Mosquitoes were collected from 6.00 pm to 6.00 am, twice a month in each village, by using bare leg collection technique. The colected mosquitoes were identified analyzed. The result indicated eight species of mosquitoes in rural area (Tamansari village) i.e Culex quinquifasciatus, Aedes aegypti, Cx vishnui, Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Armigeres kesseli, Ar. subalbatus, Ae. albopictus, Mansonia annulata. In other hands, there were six species found in urban area (Cimanggis village) i.e. Cx. quinquefasciatus, Ae. aegypti, Ar. kesseli, Ar. subalbatus, Cx. vishnui, Cx. tritaeniorhynchus. Cx. quinquefasciatus found to be most abundance in Tamansari village (90.93%) and also in Cimanggis Village (95.92%), while Ma. annulata was the lowest abundance in Tamansari (0.02%) and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus was the lowest in Cimanggis Village (0.15%). Based on the analysis showed that Cx. quinquefasciatus was the potential vector of filariasis both in rural and urban areas of endemic filariasis of Bogor District, Indonesia.
