Distribution and ecology of mosquito larvae in Pahandut subdistrict, Palangkaraya city

Abstract

Mosquitoes are vectors for several diseases, such as dengue fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, and chikungunya. This study aimed to navigate and analyze the presence of mosquito larvae in the environment of Pahandut District collected and documented from Langkai, Panarung, Pahandut, Tanjung Pinang, Pahandut Seberang, and Tumbang Rungan urban village in Pahandut Sub-District. The collected samples were examined in Biomedic Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Palangka Raya University. The distribution larvae was dominated by Culex quinquefasciatus which was 20.89% in Langkai urban village, Culex quinquefasciatus was 14.24% in Panarung urban village, Aedes aegypti was 5.41% in Pahandut urban village. In Pahandut Seberang and Tumbang Rungan urban village were dominated by Aedes albopictus larvae (17.18% and 7.02% respectively). Most mosquito breeding habitats in ditches were 16.9% in Panarung urban villages. This reported the existence of mosquito breeding habitats in the environment which was significant to the abundance of mosquito larvae, and the observed conditions were thought to be the cause of the disease spread in Pahandut Sub-District.