An interesting survival adaptation of Anopheles albimanus Wiedemann.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1970

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

30

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

096

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Miller, C. W., J. R. Austin, and D. J. Pletsch.

 

Abstract

(BF Eldridge) A survival mechanism for Anopheles albimanus in El Salvador is described whereby larvae survive increasing levels of salinity by developing in thin fresh water layers held by leaves.

Notes

Author(s) - Miller, C. W., J. R. Austin, and D. J. Pletsch.