Mosquito fauna and malaria vectors in Jairampur, district Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh.
In an entomological study, covering three biotopes like village, panikheti (wet rice cultivated land) and urban agglomeration, a total of 35 species of mosquitoes in eight genera were recorded in Jairampur area of Arunachal Pradesh. Two mosquito species--Orthopodomyia anopheloides and Tripteroides indicus were recorded for the first time in Arunachal Pradesh. Anopheles dirus and An. minimus, the two well-known malaria vectors were encountered in the study along with several potential vector species like An. annularis, An. culicifacies, An. maculatus group and An. philippinensis/nivipes. The diversity of mosquito species as well as the man-vector contact was maximum in the panikheti and minimum in the village biotope.
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Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region (ICMR), Post Box No. 105, Dibrugarh-786 001, India.
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D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology; D003465:Culex / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission*