Mosquito fauna and malaria vectors in Jairampur, district Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh
Prakash, A.; Bhattacharyya, D.R.; Mohapatra, P.K.; Mahanta, J.
Indian Journal of Malariology 37(3-4): 74-81
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0367-8326 PMID: 11820089 Document Number: 531650
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.