Mosquito Diversity and Control

Contents: Preface. 1. General introduction. 2. Review of literature. 3. Materials and methods. 4. Taxonomy. 5. Seasonal abundance and distribution of mosquitoes. 6. Life cycle of mosquitoes. 7. Mosquito control. References. Index.

Mosquitoes are epidemic burdon to human being which cause severe losses financially. They transmited draded diseases such as Malaria, Dengue, Filaria, Chikungunya, Japanese Encephalities, etc. Therefore control of mosquitoes is control of above diseases. In the text eleven newly described species of mosquitoes viz., Anopheles cellia waii an cellia mahabaleshwari an cellia karveeri an cellia krishnai anopheles anopheles kolhapuri Aedes sathei, Ae, Rajashri Ae, Finlaya rajashri Culex malhari Culex (Culex) malkapury Culex Barraudisu mirjensis and Culex Barraudius satarensis are dealt.