Accession Number:

ADA510520

Title:

Anopheles (Celia) dirus, a New Species of the Leucosphyrus Group from Thailand (Diptera: Culicidae)

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Peyton, E. L.
• Harrison, Bruce A.

Report Date:

1979-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

14.0

Abstract:

Anopheles Cellia dirus, a new species of the leucosphyrus group, and a probable major vector of malaria in Thailand, is described and illustrated in the adult, pupal and larval stages. Comparisons are made between this species and An. Cel. balabaoensis Baisas, the name, which until now, has been commonly applied to dirus.

Descriptors:

• *THAILAND
• *ANOPHELES
• MALARIA
• LARVAE
• FEMALES
• DISEASE VECTORS
• CULICIDAE
• MALES
• DISTRIBUTION
• ADULTS

Subject Categories:

• Biology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE