Biosystematics of Aedes (Neomelaniconion)

Abstract

The objective of the 'Biosystematics of Aedes (Neomelaniconion)' project is to produce a modern taxonomic monograph of the aedine subgenus Neomelaniconion. Comparative morphological taxonomic procedures will be emphasized. Characteristics from both sexes and all stages of the life cycle will be studied. During the fourth contract year, the primary types of 10 nominal species of Neomelaniconion from the British Museum (Natural History) and the Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale were studied. No field surveys were made. Cooperators provided live eggs of five species from Kenya and South Africa. Some adults reared from these eggs were used to develop a force-mating technique, and this technique was used to maintain strains of four Savanna Group species in the laboratory and to produce hybrids between these species. Approximately 1,350 adult mosquitoes, 800 slides of immature morphological study. (js)

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA228576

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