Abstract
The dipteran Culex quinquefasciatus is among the species of Culicidae of medical importance. This species is a vector of bancroftian filariasis in Neotropics and may be vector of arbovirus in several countries, as for example, the West Nile Virus, the aethiological agente of a severe encephalitis. This mosquito has synanthropic habits, is capable of living in polluted areas in the cities,…