Descriptions of new Larvae and Pupae of Ethiopian Culicini

Meillon, B. De; Parent, Marc; Black, L. O'c.

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“…TAXONOMIC NOTE. These larvae fit the somewhat incomplete description of De Meillon, Parent & Black (1945). The following details may be added from the examination of six larvae from Kpain.…”

Section: Habitsmentioning

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

Peters¹

1956

Bull. Entomol. Res.

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In this, the third in a series of papers on the mosquito fauna of the African Eepublic of Liberia, the results of past studies and of a recent survey by the writer have been incorporated to present an up-to-date summary of all the available information on this little-known section of the Upper Guinean Forest. Bequaert (1930) quotes Ziemann (1902) as the first to report the presence of Anopheles gambiae Giles in Monrovia. Bequaert himself lists 18 species of mosquitos collected in Liberia during the Harvard Expedition to Liberia and the Belgian Congo. Barber, Eice & Brown (1932) published the results of a malaria survey carried out on the Firestone Plantations. Briscoe (1948), collecting mainly near the coast, added several species to the list and later (1950, 1952) published his field notes and a survey of the ecology of the insects he had found, including mosquitos. Young & Johnson (1949) were the first to record the breeding of Anopheles gambiae var. melas Theo. on the coast. Gelfand (1954) gives a brief account of the Liberian Anophelines.This paper includes the results of an extensive survey carried out by the writer and his staff while engaged in malaria control operations between April 1953 and May 1954 in the Liberian hinterland. All identifications have been checked as far as possible against specimens in the British Museum. The first two papers in this series described three new species of Culicini and hitherto unknown stages of ten other species.Detailed malariological findings of the Kpain project will be reported at a later date. Methods.In order to carry on an entomological check of the malaria control operations, the operational area, over 800 square miles of sparsely populated country in the hinterland, was divided into sectors in each of which a number of fixed adult and larval catching stations were established. These and numerous random stations were visited by the author or members of his staff every two or four weeks. Eoutine collections of adults were made by hand and at random by space-spraying with a home-made pyrethrum preparation. Larvae were collected by making a counted number of dips with nets of standard size. All material was brought to the central laboratory for identification and recording.Larvae were reared in the laboratory as often as practical, and special searches were made in tree holes and other small water containers. Adults were sought in outdoor resting places as well as indoors. There were almost no animal shelters in the area and indeed few large domestic animals. Climate.A hot, humid climate with seasonal rainfall prevails over the whole country. Briscoe (1952) has given a good account of the climate especially of the coastal • Lately Medical Entomologist,

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Section: Habitsmentioning

confidence: 93%

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

Peters¹

1956

Bull. Entomol. Res.

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“…These features were also reported by Ribeiro & Ramos (1974) and Jupp (1996). The pupal stage of durbanensis was very briefly described and the trumpet and paddle illustrated by de Meillon et al (1945). The egg was described in detail by Linley & Service (1994).…”

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“…striatipes based on three adults collected in Kenya, a male and a female from Nairobi and a male from Mt Elgon. The larva and pupa of the species were described by de Meillon et al (1945) from exuviae, derived from two larvae collected at Livingstone, Zambia (as Northern Rhodesia), which were apparently reared to adults that were presumably used to identify the species. Hopkins (1952) repeated verbatim the description of the larva published by de Meillon et al and included illustrations of the head and terminal abdominal segments which were reconstructed from the two larval exuviae used for the original description.…”

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“…Hopkins (1952) repeated verbatim the description of the larva published by de Meillon et al and included illustrations of the head and terminal abdominal segments which were reconstructed from the two larval exuviae used for the original description. The illustrations included details that were not shown in the drawings provided by de Meillon et al (1945). Muspratt (1955) described subspecies joanae from six males and six females, one with an associated larval exuviae.…”

Section: Culex (Culex) Striatipes Edwardsmentioning

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The insupportable validity of mosquito subspecies (Diptera: Culicidae) and their exclusion from culicid classification

Harbach

Wilkerson

2023

Zootaxa

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Beginning about 80 years ago, the recognition of morphological varieties of mosquitoes was gradually replaced by the recognition of subspecies. As an examination of revisionary and detailed taxonomic studies of mosquitoes clearly shows, subspecies are untenable concepts which have been synonymized with nominotypical forms or recognized as distinct species. Thus, from our perspective, subspecies is not a functional or practical taxonomic rank. Consequently, in this study we critically assessed the taxonomic status of the 120 nominal taxa distinguished as subspecies before now to determine whether they should be recognized as separate species or synonymous names. As a result, 96 subspecies are formally elevated to specific rank, 22 are relegated to synonymy with nominotypical forms, one is considered a nomen dubium, one a species inquirenda and the names of four nominal species regarded as synonyms are revalidated. The subspecies and their new status are listed in a conspectus. The revalidated species include Anopheles argentinus (Brèthes, 1912), from synonymy with An. pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901c; An. peruvianus Tamayo, 1907, from synonymy with An. pseudopunctipennis as nomen dubium; Culex major Edwards, 1935, from synonymy with Cx. annulioris consimilis Newstead, 1907; and Trichoprosopon trichorryes (Dyar & Knab, 1907), from synonymy with Tr. compressum Lutz, 1905. Additionally, the type locality of Anopheles sergentii Theobald, 1907 is restricted to El Outaya, Biskra Province, Algeria. A complete list of species to be retained, added to or removed from the Encyclopedia of Life, with a few corrections, is provided.

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A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS AÉDES FROM SOUTHERN NIGERIA

Service¹

1959

Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Serie

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Descriptions of new Larvae and Pupae of Ethiopian Culicini

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

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

The insupportable validity of mosquito subspecies (Diptera: Culicidae) and their exclusion from culicid classification

A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS AÉDES FROM SOUTHERN NIGERIA

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