Entomology for medical officers / by A. Alcock.

  • Alfred William Alcock
Date:
1920
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Credit: Entomology for medical officers / by A. Alcock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    * Var. PALUDIS, Theobald, has the near end of'the 3rd hind tarsal segment dark. 9. A. DISTINCTUS, Newstead and Carter (Pyretophorus) Palpi slender, with four narrow pale bands. Scutum with narrow scales. North-East Rhodesia. 10. A. AUSTENI, Theobald (Pyretophorus). Palpi slender, with three white bands—one narrow and two broad. Front edge of wing black with one or two white specks and two small white spots. Scutum with narrow scales. Angola. (f) Wings much spotted, the front edge with at least three distinct spots, but usually broken into numerous alternate dark and light areas (Fig. 27 c, d, e). Scales absent from the abdomen, or present on the terminal segments only. No. 11- 28 (f i) Palpi not banded. No. 11 :— 11. A. NILI, Theobald (Myzomyia). Palpi slender, dark with pallid tip. Legs very dark, not banded. Wings dark- scaled with a few light spots; the front edge black with four small light spots, one—at the tip of the wing—a mere speck. Sudan, West Africa. (fii) Palpi with three light bands. Legs not distinctly banded. No. 12-17 :— *12. A. HISPANIOLA, Theobald. (Probably identical with A. turkhudi, Liston.) Palpi slender, with three narrow white bands and brown tip. Legs deep brown with tip of femur and tibia pale. Front edge of wing black, with four yellowish breaks; scales of 3rd longitudinal vein mostly yellow. Scutum and abdomen with hairs only. North Africa (also Spain, and probably Asia). If identical with A. turkhudi it is a carrier of malaria. [A. multicolor, Camboulin (probably = Pyretophorus chaudoyei, myzomyfacies, and nigrifasciatus, Theobald) is said to differ from A. hispaniola (? — A. turkhudi) in having the scutum covered with narrow scales. North Africa.] **13. A. CULICIFACIES, Giles ( = Pyretophorus sergenti, Theobald). Palpi dark, slender, with three white bands, one of which, a little broader than the others, includes the tip (white tip). Legs brown, with the extreme tip of some
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