Open AccessBLOOD‐SUCKING DIPTERA OF THE COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
Author(s) -
Murray M. D.,
Marks E. N.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1984.tb01958.x
Subject(s) - biology , aedes albopictus , culex quinquefasciatus , culex , ecology , zoology , arbovirus , aedes aegypti , virology , larva , virus
Three species of mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), Culex sitiens Wiedemann and Culex quinquefasciatus Say, were collected on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, in September 1980. Previous records of mosquitoes from these islands, their habits, breeding places, medical importance and possible control measures are discussed.