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On the Eggs and Oviposition of Psorophora (Janthinosoma) posticata, Wied. (Culicidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. L. Pawan
Affiliation:
Trinidad, British West Indies

Extract

The mosquito, Psorophora posticata, Wied. (Janthinosoma musica, Say), commonly deposits its eggs in the rain-water that accumulates in the broken cacao pods strewn in heaps about the cool shady parts of cacao fields.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1922

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