The Abundance of Mosquitoes ( Family : Culicidae ) Collected in an Altitudinal Gradient In South Sumatra , Indonesia

A mosquito survey was conducted using three traps techniques in South Sumatra, Indonesia. A focus area of vector-borne parasitic disease (VBPD) where selected as a study site to understand on the species composition, the bionomics and the altitudinal ecology. The 4 most abundant species were respectively Culex sinensis (73%), Anopheles vagus (6%), Armigeres subalbactus (5%), Culex sitiens (4%) (n=3290). With attractant traps, Aedes albopictus (vector of Dengue) constituted 83%. Meanwhile, the magoon traps collected both Anopheles sp and Mansonia uniformis (vector of Filariasis) samples is 99% and 88%, respectively. Mosquito’s distribution can be collected from 20-1477 meter above sea level, with Culex quinquefasciatus scattered the whole altitudinal gradient. Magoon traps were found to be efficient compared with that of light and attractant, trapping the whole mosquito of VBPD in whole altitude gradient. Keywords—Altitudinal-gradient, Biodiversity, Mosquito, Vectorborne disease.