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Description: | Diptera (flies) collected in Sierra Leone (Freetown), Rokupr and Bo in Feb-April, 1944.
There are what appear to be Auchmeromyia (1 specimen), Cordylobia (15 specimens) and 1 Glossina palpalis; the rest are mosquitoes, mainly culicines (183 specimens).
These are listed and include:
Anopheles smithi, gambiae (type form and melas), constani, freetownensis, hancocki, brunnipes, funestus, nili, hargreavesi, barbarellus and squamosus.
Aedes simulans, punctothoracicus, simulans and nigricephalus;
Culex annulioris, decens, invidiosus, tigripes, ethiopicus, inconspicuous, duttoni.
Uranotaenia fusca and mashonaensis.
Eretmapodites chrysogaster gp.
Hodgesia species.
Ficalbia mimomyiaformis.
Taeniorhynchus annetti and uniformis
Undetermined specimens. Part of Prof. J.D. Robertson research material donated via Dr R. Dobson. | Subjects: | Zoology | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Contributor: | Part of Prof. J.D. Robertson research material donated via Dr R. Dobson. | Identifier: | H-Z234 |
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