• Dr.V.Agatha Christy

Mosquitoes that inhabit water habitats play an important role in the ecological food chain, and many of them are biters and transmitters of human and animal diseases. Mosquito diversity was studied in three areas of the Thoothukudi district Tiruchendur, Satthankualam, sawyerpuram in indoor and outdoor habitats from February 2017 to January 2019. Seven species belonging to 3 genera were collected and identified as Anopheles culicifacies, Anopheles stephensi, Anopheles annularis, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The higher number of mosquitoes were collected outdoors as compared to indoor. The percentage of Anopheles mosquitoes at outdoor was (60.80%) followed by Culex (60.75%) and Aedes (59.33%) and indoor Anopheles (39.20%) followed by Aedes (40.67%) and Culex (39.25%) was recorded during 2017-18. At outdoor Anopheles (52.79%) followed by Culex (57.22%) and Aedes (56.06%) and Anopheles (47.21%) followed by Culex (42.78%) and Aedes (43.94%) was recorded during 2018-2019 in indoor. Shannon and Evenness were calculated.

Evenness, Habitats, Mosquitoes, Shannon-Weiner diversity index, Thoothukudi city.

"Mosquito(Diptera: Culicidae) Diversity and their Habitat in Thoothukudi District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.485-489, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K75.pdf

"Mosquito(Diptera: Culicidae) Diversity and their Habitat in Thoothukudi District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp485-489, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K75.pdf