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The Identification of the Larvae of Anopheles stephensi Liston and Anopheles superpictus Grassi in Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

G. Pringle
G. Pringle
Affiliation:
Directorate of Endemic Diseases, Baghdad.
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Extract

An investigation on the taxonomy of A. stephensi and A. superpictus larvae in Iraq is reported upon.

As a result it is suggested that 90 per cent. of the larvae of these species can be separated on the relative length of the filaments of the abdominal palmate hairs.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , January 1952 , pp. 779 - 783
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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