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Biodiversity Data Journal :
Data Paper (Biosciences)
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Lawrence J. Hribar
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Corresponding author: Lawrence J. Hribar (lhribar@keysmosquito.org)
Academic editor: Gunnar Kvifte
Received: 03 Jun 2020 | Accepted: 22 Jun 2020 | Published: 27 Jul 2020
© 2020 Lawrence J. Hribar
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Hribar LJ (2020) Dataset for mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Vaca Key, Monroe County, Florida USA. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e55059. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e55059
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Abstract
Background
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has used dry ice-baited light traps to monitor mosquito populations on Vaca Key since 1998. The first site sampled was monitored continuously for almost 20 years until all vegetation was removed.
New information
This paper describes a dataset compiled over almost 20 years of continuous trapping along Manor Lane on Vaca Key, Florida.
Keywords
Diptera, Culicidae, seasonal distribution, species composition, relative abundance
Introduction
Background
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District conducted adult mosquito surveillance along Manor Lane in Vaca Key for almost twenty years. Surveillance was accomplished by use of dry ice-baited light traps. Traps were set and retrieved weekly except for interruptions due to unavoidable situations, such as storms and illness. Traps were provisioned with 2 pounds (ca. 1 kg) of dry ice, deployed in the late afternoon and retrieved the following morning. Traps were hung from the same tree limb each time they were set. Mosquitoes were returned to the laboratory, killed by freezing and identified to species. This paper reports data pertaining to 32 mosquito species.
General description
These data were collected to document the species composition, seasonal distribution and relative abundance of mosquitoes on Vaca Key, Florida.
Sampling methods
Monitoring of the mosquito fauna on Vaca Key began in the late summer of 1998 and continued until the winter of 2017. Collections were intended to be made weekly although, due to storms, illness and vacations, this was not always possible.
A battery-powered light trap (American Biophysics Company, Clarke, John Hock) was baited with approximately two pounds (ca. 1 kg) of dry ice and hung from the same tree limb once per week for over 19 years. The trap was deployed in the late afternoon and retreived the following morning. The trap collection was taken to the laboratory, frozen, and all mosquitoes separated, identified, and counted. Data were recorded in spreadsheets. Voucher specimens of all taxa are retained in the synoptic mosquito reference collection maintained by the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District. Data may be found in Suppl. material
Geographic coverage
The trap was deployed on Vaca Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA. The coordinates of the trap location trap were:
Taxonomic coverage
Thirty-two mosquito species were documented during the sampling period.
| Rank | Scientific Name | Common Name |
|---|---|---|
| species | Aedes taeniorhynchus | Black salt marsh mosquito |
| species | Deinocerites cancer | Crabhole mosquito |
| species | Culex nigripalpus | |
| species | Anopheles atropos | |
| species | Culex quinquefsciatus | Southern house mosquito |
| species | Anopheles crucians | |
| species | Culex bahamensis | |
| species | Aedes infirmatus | |
| species | Aedes atlanticus | |
| species | Psorophora ciliata | |
| species | Psorophora columbiae | |
| species | Aedes sollicitans | Saltmarsh mosquito |
| species | Aedes aegypti | Yellowfever mosquito |
| species | Aedes triseriatus | Eastern treehole mosquito |
| species | Uranotaenia lowii | |
| species | Anopheles quadrimaculatus | Common malaria mosquito |
| species | Culex erraticus | |
| species | Culex atratus | |
| species | Culex iolambdis | |
| species | Culex peccator | |
| subgenus | Culex (Melanoconion) | Unidentified Melanoconion |
| species | Culex salinarius | |
| species | Culiseta melanura | |
| species | Wyeomyia mitchellii | |
| species | Psorophora ferox | |
| species | Psorophora johnstonii | |
| species | Aedes tortilis | |
| species | Anopheles albimanus | |
| species | Aedes condolescens | |
| species | Culex declarator | |
| family | Culicidae | Other unidentified |
| species | Anopheles grabhamii | |
| species | Culiseta inorrnata | |
| species | Aedes albopictus | Asian tiger mosquito |
Traits coverage
The study site was described by
Temporal coverage
Data collection began on 17 August 1998 and ended on 27 December 2017.
Usage rights
Data resources
Number of adult female mosquitoes collected per trap per night. NA indicates that the species was not reported and so no numbers are available.
| Column label | Column description |
|---|---|
| Year | Year of Collection |
| DOY | Day of Year: Ordinal date of collection; 1-365, 1-366 for leap years |
| Date | Date of collection, ISO 8601 forrmat (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| Season | Season of collection, based on equinoxes and solstices: W, winter; S, spring; U, summer; F, fall (autumn) |
| Latitude | Trap location coordinate; degrees, minutes, seconds |
| Longitude | Trap location coordinate; degrees, minutes, seconds |
| Aeae | Aedes aegypti |
| Aeal | Aedes albopictus |
| Aeat | Aedes atlanticus |
| Aeco | Aedes condolescens |
| Aein | Aedes infirmatus |
| Aeso | Aedes sollicitans |
| Aeta | Aedes taeniorhynchus |
| Aetr | Aedes triseriatus |
| Anal | Anopheles albimanus |
| Ancr | Anopheles crucians |
| Angr | Anopheles grabhamii |
| Anqu | Anopheles quadrimaculatus |
| Csin | Culiseta inornata |
| Csme | Culiseta melanura |
| Cuat | Culex atratus |
| Cuba | Culex bahamensis |
| Cude | Culex declarator |
| Cuer | Culex erraticus |
| Cuio | Culex iolambdis |
| Cuni | Culex nigripalpus |
| Cupe | Culex peccator |
| Cuqu | Culex quinquefasciatus |
| Cusa | Culex salinarius |
| Deca | Deinocerites cancer |
| Psci | Psorophora ciliata |
| Psco | Psorophora columbiae |
| Psfe | Psorophora ferox |
| Psjo | Psorophora johnstonii |
| Urlo | Uranotaenia lowii |
| Wymi | Wyeomyia mitchellii |
| UINM | Unidentified specimens (not Culex (Melanoconion)) |
| UnCM | Unidentfied Culex (Melanoconion) specimens |
Acknowledgements
Sincere appreciation and thanks are extended to all Florida Keys Mosquito Control District employees who set and retrieved traps for all the years that collections were made at the Manor Lane site. Heidi L. Murray and David J. DeMay counted, sorted, and identified many thousands of the mosquitoes.
References
- Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) collections in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, USA.Studia Dipterologica9:679‑6921.
- Life and death of a trap site.Wing Beats29(1):33‑38.
Supplementary material
Approximately 19.5 years of near-weekly mosquito collections from Vaca Key, Monroe County, Florida.