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Males of Culicoides anophelis Edw

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. Sen  and
S. K. Das Gupta
P. Sen
Affiliation:
School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta.
S. K. Das Gupta
Affiliation:
School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta.
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Culicoides anophelis Edw. is of wide occurrence in India, Ceylon, Burma, Malaya, Thailand, Indo-China, Sumatra, Tonkin, and as far as New Britain (Laird, 1946). From India the species has almost invariably been obtained in the act of engorging on female mosquitos, mostly Anophelines (A. annularis Wulp, A. hyrcanus nigerrimus Giles, A. barbirostris Wulp, A. subpictus Grassi, A. vagus Dön., A. aconitus Dön. and A. maculatus Theo.). But the species may also attack members of the Culicini, as observed by Fearnside (1900) in the case of certain unidentified examples of the genus Culex. We have also observed the species attacking Culex pipiens fatigans Wied. and Mansonia (Mansonioides) annulifera (Theo.), which suggests that the occurrance of the species is not so uncommon on members of the Culicini as was thought previously. The reason for the missing of the association of the species with the latter group of mosquitos by most workers seems to lie in the fact that the Culicini were not examined previously in large numbers (Edwards, 1922).

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , September 1958 , pp. 415 - 416
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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