species diversity and distributional pattern of cockroaches in lahore, pakistan

نویسندگان

hafsa memona department of zoology, lahore college for women university, lahore, pakistan

farkhanda manzoor department of zoology, lahore college for women university, lahore, pakistan

saffora riaz department of zoology, lahore college for women university, lahore, pakistan

چکیده

background : cockroaches are found as the most common urban pests of tropical countries, prompting economic and serious health risk problem for humans by carrying microbes and allergens, acting as vector for various patho­gens of diseases. the present study was conducted from april 2013 to march 2014 in various human dwelling local­ities of urban area of district lahore, pakistan. methods : cockroaches were collected randomly by hand, food baited and sticky traps throughout the year. four species of cockroaches ( periplaneta americana ( p. amercana ), blattella germanica ( b. germanica ), blatta orientalis ( b. orientalis ), and blatta lateralis ( b. lateralis ) were collected and identified from the study site . results : b. germanica was the most dominant indoor species with highest diversity indices in study areas. overall cockroach species diversity was highest in july–september, 2013 with highest simpson index of diversity and shan­non index as well. p. americana was found second broadly distributed in the study area followed by b. orientalis and b. lateralis were intermediately distributed in residential areas and narrowly distributed in hospitals. residential ar­eas and hospitals were highly infested with b. germanica followed by p. americana . population index of b. ger­manica for hospitals was double than residential areas. b. lateralis was observed as displacing b. orientalis in out­door habitat through competing with its habitat and food sources. conclusion: the infestation rate of different species depends on availability of food sources, sanitary conditions and climatic conditions. cockroach infestation can be controlled with knowledge about their biology and behavior, at­tention to sanitation and effective use of commercial insecticides.

برای دانلود باید عضویت طلایی داشته باشید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Species Diversity and Distributional Pattern of Cockroaches in Lahore, Pakistan

BACKGROUND Cockroaches are found as the most common urban pests of tropical countries, prompting economic and serious health risk problem for humans by carrying microbes and allergens, acting as vector for various pathogens of diseases. The present study was conducted from April 2013 to March 2014 in various human dwelling localities of urban area of district Lahore, Pakistan. METHODS Cockroa...

متن کامل

Nasal Colonization and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Staphylococcus Species among Children in Lahore, Pakistan

Introduction: Staphylococcus is a genus of pathogenic bacteria, which asymptomatically colonizes the upper respiratory tract of the human. The incidence of invasive Staphylococcal infections and the disease burden are high among children in South Asia, including Pakistan. This study aims to determine the nasal colonization and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus species isola...

متن کامل

Prevalence of Ovine Theileria Species in District Lahore, Pakistan

A total of 200 whole blood samples along with thin blood samples smears and 100 samples of ticks from 20 flocks of sheep from different localities of district Lahore with a history of tick infestation , relapse of fever and anemia were screened for the prevalence of Theileria species during spring and summer seasons in 2007. On microscopic examination 44/200 (22%) samples were positive for Thei...

متن کامل

Cockroaches (Periplaneta americana L. and Blattella germanica) as Potential Vectors of Nosocomial Infections in Hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan

Cockroaches are termed as one of the common place pest because of its wide distribution in human dwelling localities including houses, hospitals, food industries and kitchens. Its wide distribution in hospitals can be related to poor sanitary conditions, unhygienic environment, plenty of food sources and moist shady places. Their foraging behavior make them ideal vector for spreading pathogenic...

متن کامل

Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Rotavirus Strains in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis in Lahore, Pakistan

Pakistan harbors high disease burden of gastro-enteric infections with majority of these caused by rotavirus. Unfortunately, lack of proper surveillance programs and laboratory facilities have resulted in scarcity of available data on rotavirus associated disease burden and epidemiological information in the country. We investigated 1306 stool samples collected over two years (2008-2009) from h...

متن کامل

phylogeography and genetic diversity of the lesser mouse- eared bat (myotis blythii) in iran

in current study, 63 samples of bat populations collected from differ regions were used for evaluating the geographic variations. twenty cranial and dental characters for traditional morphometric and landmarks method on the ventral, dorsal skull and mandible for geometry morphometric studies were used. statistical analyses of traditional morphometric and geometry morphometric data indicated low...

منابع من

با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید


عنوان ژورنال:
journal of arthropod-borne diseases

جلد ۲۰۱۵، شماره ۱۰، صفحات ۰-۰

میزبانی شده توسط پلتفرم ابری doprax.com

copyright © 2015-2023