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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 10, Issue:4, April, 2021

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2021.10(4): 583-589
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1004.058


Diversity of Mosquito Fauna in different Habitats of District Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Iftikhar ul Haq and Sundar Singh*
Department of Zoology, Entomology lab, D.A.V. (P.G.) College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

In the present study a total of 2822 specimens of 25 species of mosquitoes belonging to 6 genera viz., Anopheles, Culex, Aedes, Armigeres, Toxorhynchites and Uranotaenia from distt Dehradun between January 2019 to December 2020 were recovered. Of these, 12 species of Anopheles, 5 species each of Culex and Aedes were main species, in which Anopheles form 48.12%, Culex 22.89% and Aedes 18.85% respectively. Shannon and Evenness index for Anopheles (2.212, 0.839) Culex (1.642, 0.746) and Aedes (1.625. 0.657) during entire study period were obtained. Overall highest Shannon index were 1.9358 during September 2020 and lowest 1.0781 during January 2020.


Keywords: Aedes, Anopheles, mosquitoes, Diversity, Shannon Weiner index

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Iftikhar ul Haq and Sundar Singh. 2021. Diversity of Mosquito Fauna in different Habitats of Distt Dehradun, Uttarakhand.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 10(4): 583-589. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1004.058
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