Table 1.
Distribution of insects of medical importance collected in the municipalities of Alto Alegre do Maranhão, Caxias, Codó, and São Mateus do Maranhão, state of Maranhão during the investigation period.
| Specification | Municipalities | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alto Alegre do Maranhão | Caxias | Codó | São Mateus do Maranhão | N | % | |
| Aedes spp. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.22 |
| Aedes aegypti | 49 | 55 | 213 | 31 | 348 | 10.99 |
| Aedes albopictus | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0.38 |
| Aedes scapularis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.19 |
| Aedes taeniorhynchus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 |
| Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) sp. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 |
| Ceratopogonidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 |
| Culex (Culex) spp. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.09 |
| Culex spp. | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 2.94 |
| Culex (Melanoconion) spp. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.13 |
| Culex quinquefasciatus | 713 | 238 | 1063 | 630 | 2644 | 83.51 |
| Culex spissipes | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.41 |
| Culicoides paraensis group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 |
| Mansonia (Mansonia) spp. | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0.35 |
| Mansonia titillans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 |
| Phlebotominae | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0.51 |
| Uranotaenia hystera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 |
| Uranotaenia lowii | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 |
| Total | 894 | 311 | 1298 | 663 | 3166 | 100.00 |