A REPORT ON THE SEASONAL SUCCESSION OF THE BITING MIDGES, CERATOPOGONIDAE, IN THE TAIPEI AREA,

Abstract

A collection of ceratopogonids was made in the Taipei area from March 1961 through February 1964 by using New Jersey light traps. The light traps were operated four nights a week and yielded a sample of 4,230 collections for the three year period. The records of ceratopogonid collections and the climatic factors including temperature, relative humidity, rainfall and wind velocity of the Taipei area for 1961-64 were correlated and analyzed by the use of four-week moving means. The yearly pattern of the ceratopogonids collected shows two eminences in spring and autumn alternating with two depressions in cold and hot seasons respectively. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0617821

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  • Wesley K. C. Sun

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Phenomena
  • Depression
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Humidity
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Motion
  • New Jersey
  • Physical Properties
  • Rainfall
  • Wet Bulb Temperature
  • Wind
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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