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The Mosquitos of Liberia (Diptera: Culicidae), a general Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

W. Peters
W. Peters
Affiliation:
Department of Health, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Port Moresby
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Extract

The results of a general mosquito survey of the Liberian hinterland are presented together with the findings of previous workers in this country.

Liberia is almost entirely in the Upper Guinean Forest region with an annual rainfall from over 140 in. on the coast to about 80 in. in the hinterland.

A list is given of all species recorded from Liberia.

A brief account is given of the distribution, bionomics and relation to malaria of the Anophelini, with some taxonomie notes. Thirteen species or forms of Anophelines are listed, of which ten were found in the hinterland as well as on the coast.

A summary of the distribution and bionomics of the Megarhinini and Culicini of Liberia is given, with the writer's field notes and those of earlier workers, and some taxonomic notes. Seventy one or 72 species or forms are included, of which 59 were found in the hinterland. If the first mention of some species in the two previous papers in this series be included, 41 additions to the Liberian list, three of them new species, have been made.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , October 1956 , pp. 525 - 551
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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