Competição e dispersão de Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) e Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) (Diptera: Culicidae) em áreas de ocorrência no município de João Pessoa - PB

Abstract

Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) and Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) are introduced species in Brazil, with wide geographic distribution. A. aegypti is found predominantly in urban environments, while A. albopictus in rural, semi-wild and wild. These stand out today as public health problems due to their roles as transmitters of dengue and yellow fever. The inter and intraspecific competition are important stress factors for both species since their larvae develop in natural reservoirs and / or artificial, which vary in size, food availability over time and population density, which can lead to a limitation on the amount of food available, and encourage individuals to compete for resources. In the present study evaluated the competition, in the laboratory, these species, their life cycles, and also the distribution of forest environment, and urban interface, in addition to their household and peridomestic distributions. For this purpose, a survey was conducted, where it was decided to present their data in two parts, the first chapter we evaluated the competition and coparada biology of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus and the second was treated patterns of geographical distribution of two species of genus Aedes in urban areas, interface and kills the city of João Pessoa - PB.