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 anopheline vectors of malaria and culicine vectors of arbovirus diseases, providing information on potential vectors for the guidance of military field research teams and other governmental agencies and preparing monographs and technical papers which summarize data on the ecology, taxonomy and medical importance of arthropod vectors in various regions of the world. In addition, MEP performs curation and research on the national collection of mosquitoes at the National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Smithsonian Institution. Six short papers on systematics, including three on Oriental Aedes (Stegomyia), and one on Neotropical Culex (Melanoconion) species were published during the year. An additional paper established and fully described and illustrated a neotype of the cosmopolitan Culex quinquefasciatus Say, and another established the usefulness of the female cibarial armature in the systematics of the genus Culex.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA068597
Entities
People
- Oliver S. Flint Jr
Organizations
- Smithsonian Institution