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On the Wing Forms of Anopheles funestus, Giles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

H. S. Leeson
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Extract

In a previous paper (Leeson 1937) it was shown that in East Africa there were variations in the wing markings of the type form of Anopheles funestus. It was further shown that larvae and pupae positively identified as typical A. funestus produced adults having these wing markings. Identification of the adults was confirmed by examination of pharyngeal armatures and male terminalia. The wing forms were then arranged in the following four groups:— Group 1: dark area at base of costa uninterrupted, 3rd vein with a pale interruption. Group 2: dark area at base of costa uninterrupted, 3rd vein entirely dark. Group 3: dark area at base of costa interrupted by one pale spot, 3rd vein with a pale interruption. Group 4: dark area at base of costa interrupted by one pale spot, 3rd vein entirely dark.

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Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1940

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References

Leeson, H. S. (1930). Variations in the wing ornamentation of Anopheles funestus Giles.—Bull. Ent. Res., 21, p. 421.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Leeson, H. S. (1937). The mosquitos of the funestus series in East Africa.—Bull. Ent. Res., 28, pp. 587603.CrossRefGoogle Scholar