Medical Entomology Project.
Abstract
The Medical Entomology Project (MEP), a cooperative venture between the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, conducts biosystematic research on arthropods of medical importance to the Army. MEP fulfills this requirement by performing biosystematic studies on important groups of vectors such as New World anopheline mosquitoes and Culex species involved in virus transmission. Two monographs were published during the year (subgenus Anopheles of Thailand and subgenera Indusius and Edwardsaedes of genus Aedes) while a third major contribution on the subgenus Culex of the Oriental region was accepted for publication. Research was initiated on three groups of anopheline mosquitoes of the New World (Argyritarsis and Tarsimaculatus Groups of the subgenus Nyssorhynchus of Anopheles and the Arribalzagaia Group of the subgenus Anopheles) which contain a majority of the important New World vectors of malaria.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA031720
Entities
People
- EL Peyton
Organizations
- Smithsonian Institution