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Mosquitos breeding in Bromeliads, at Bahia, Brazil*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Henry W. Kumm
Henry W. Kumm
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(From the Yellow Fever Laboratory, Bahia, Brazil).
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Twenty-one collections of larvae and pupae from Bromeliads, growing in trees or on the ground, were made in São Salvador, the capital of the State of Bahia, Brazil. Four species of Microculex and one Sabethine were bred out. Of these, one new species and certain new forms are described. The new species is called Culex (Microculex) davisi in honour of Dr. Nelson C. Davis, at whose suggestion this study was first undertaken. Since no Aëdes (Stegomyia) aegypti were found, it would appear that Bromeliad breeding is probably of no importance from the standpoint of a yellow fever control campaign in this region.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , December 1933 , pp. 561 - 573
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1933

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