An Entomological Query

Entomological Specimens

Entomological and Epidemiological Characteristics

The use of information on malaria vector behaviour in vector control is discussed in relation to the area of Southeast Asia comprising Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The major vectors in the region are Anopheles dirus, An. minimus, An. maculatus and An. sundaicus, of which An. dirus is the most important. Options for vector control and the biological features of mosquitoes, whic...

An Entomological Episode of the East African Campaign

During the year 1915, I was stationed at a large post in East Africa in the crater-like depression of an isolated volcanic mountain. This mountain had been held for some months by the Germans, and when we occupied it, we found ourselves obliged for reasons of defence to place part of our troops upon the site of the old German camp. We had not been there for many days before we found that the si...

Dengue : Need an Entomological and Virological Surveillance for Disease Control

Dengue infection is the most important arbo-virus infection of humans and the most important tropical infectious disease after malaria. This disease is characterized by headache, arthralgia, myalgia, rash, nausea, vomiting. Four serotypes of DENV exist, and severe illness is usually associated with secondary infection by a different serotype. Aedes aegypti is the vector for transmission of this...

New York Entomological Society

Conomyrma Forcl and all its species were considered to belong in Dorjrm?mex Santschi, until Kusnezov (1952) separated the two genera, Dorymyrmex and Conotnyrtna. He further divided Conomyrrna into two subgenera, Biconomyrma Kusnezov and Conotnyrnta. Although these subgenera subsequently were elevated to generic status by Kusnezov (1 959), Biconot?lyrtna was later synonymized with Conotnyrrna by...