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Biodiversity of aquatic insects flourished in the rain water collected from Kosti and Rabak cities, White Nile State, Sudan
1 Ph.D. Student, Blue Nile National Institute for Communicable Diseases, University of Gezira, Sudan.
2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Gezira, Sudan.
3 Associate Professor, Blue Nile National Institute for Communicable Diseases, University of Gezira.
Research Article
International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2024, 11(02), 1798–1803.
Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2024.11.2.0684
Publication history:
Received on 13 March 2024; revised on 19 April 2024; accepted on 22 April 2024
Abstract:
Biodiversity including description of status of ecosystems and populations to the best to our knowledge and major threats for better biodiversity conservation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the biodiversity of aquatic insect population in the rain water collected from White Nile State. The samples of the rain water were collected during (March and October 2022) from Kosti and Rabak Cities, White Nile State, Sudan, in clean disposable plastic bottles from random sites. Anopheles, Culex and Aedes mosquito’s larvae were identified and counted, in addition to their aquatic predators (mayfly, dragon fly and water beetles), while algae and snails were just checked for their presence within this sites. The results at Kosti city during March 2022, showed the dominance of Anopheles (37 larvae) over Culex (14 larvae), while mayfly were the more abundant predators (16 naiads), followed by water beetle (6 beetles). In Rabak city, Culex (44 larvae) was the most dominant in addition to water beetles (12 beetles). During October 2022, Anopheles (78 larvae), Culex (34 larvae) and mayfly were the dominant organisms. In Rabak city, Culex (50 larvae) was the most dominant genus, while Aedes larvae were not noticed throughout this study. Mayfly and dragon fly naiads, and water beetles were not noticed in all Rabak sites.
Keywords:
Biodiversity; Aquatic Insects; Rain Water; Kosti; Rabak; White Nile State; Sudan
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