PARENT SESSION
Poster Session # 19: Insect and Invertebrate Ecology.
Thursday, August 7 Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. SITCC Exhibit Hall B.
The geographic disturbution and temporal behavior of various mosquito species In New Mexico.
Davis, Dayton*,1, 2, Parmenter, Bob2, Bueno, Rudy3, 1 Unversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico2 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico3 Albuquerque Bio-Diseases Management, Albuquerque, New Mexico
ABSTRACT- Due to the recent impact of vector borne diseases, such as the West Nile Virus, across the nation, stem the emphasis for a better understanding of the geographical and temporal behavior of various mosquito species. Recently we have started investigating the geographic distribution of mosquitoes, species and number, wise, along the Rio Grande valley in Bernalillo County. There is a correlation between the different habitats and the presents of various amounts of mosquito species present in the different areas.
Key words: culex tarsalis