Biting Dipterous Insects Associated with Household in a Bali Community Taraba State, Nigeria

Babatunde Tajudeen Lamidi; Wama Binga Emmanuel

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Biting Dipterous Insects Associated with Household in a Bali Community Taraba State, Nigeria

Babatunde Tajudeen Lamidi, Wama Binga Emmanuel

Published in American Journal of Entomology (Volume 6, Issue 3)

Received: 16 August 2022 Accepted: 30 August 2022 Published: 14 September 2022

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Insects are groups of arthropods found almost everywhere, including human dwellings. The aim of this study was to investigate species of dipterous biting insects associated with household in Aungwan Adamu community Bali, Taraba state. The insects were collected using CDC light trap placed indoor and outdoor during wet season of the year 2021. Morphological identification of collected insects was done under dissecting microscope. A total number of 254 insects were collected, 125 (49.2%) indoor and 129 (50.8%) outdoor with two major families: Culicidae (mosquitoes) 116 (45.7%), Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) 96 (37.8%) and unidentified dipterous insects 42 (16.5%.). 56 (48.3%) of the mosquito species were caught indoor, while 60 (51.7%) were caught outdoor. Mosquito species identified were: Anopheles gambiae 40 (34.5%), Culex pipiens 14 (12.1%), Culex quiquefasciatus 57 (49.1%), Culex tarsalis 2 (1.7%) and Mansonia uniformis 3 (2.6%). Among the Anopheles gambiae 16 (40.0%) were caught indoor, 24 (60.0%) outdoor. 6 (42.8%) of Culex pipiens were indoor, 8 (57.2%) outdoor. 33 (57.9%) of Culex quiquefasciatus were indoor, 24 (42.2%) outdoor. 1 (33.3%) of Mansonia uniformis were indoor, 2 (66.7%) outdoor. Among the biting midges 61 (63.5%) were caught indoor while 35 (36.5%) caught outdoor. Culicoides species identified were: Culicoides vagus 19 (19.8) and Culicoides nigripenis 77 (80.2%). Among the Culicoide vagus 19 (100%) were indoor while none (0%) were outdoor. 42 (54.5) of Culicoides nigripenis were caught indoor while 35 (45.5) were outdoor and were statistically significant (P < 0.01). 208 (81.9%) of the insects were female while 46 (18.1%) were male and are statistically different (P < 0.01). Out of the 208 female insects, 178 (85.6%), 0 (0%), 15 (7.2%) and 15 (7.2%) were unfed, fed, half-gravid and gravid respectively and are statistically significant (P < 0.05). The study shows that there are species of biting insects in the study area which can be endophilic or exophilic capable of causing nuisance and transmit diseases.

Published in	American Journal of Entomology (Volume 6, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.aje.20220603.14
Page(s)	88-93
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Biting Insects, Resting Behavior, Prevalence, Household, Bali

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Babatunde Tajudeen Lamidi, Wama Binga Emmanuel. Biting Dipterous Insects Associated with Household in a Bali Community Taraba State, Nigeria. Am J Entomol. 2022;6(3):88-93. doi: 10.11648/j.aje.20220603.14

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Babatunde Tajudeen Lamidi

Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Bali, Nigeria
Wama Binga Emmanuel

Department of Biological Sciences, Taraba State University, Jalingo, Nigeria

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