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2013 Month : March Volume : 2 Issue : 11 Page : 1654-1665

AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF MOSQUITO FAUNA WITH VECTOR BIONOMICS IN NILGIRI HILLS, SOUTHERN INDIA

P. J. Bhuyan, J. Hiriyan, P. Chandrasekaran, C. Annadurai

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
P. J. Bhuyan,                 
National Centre for Disease Control, Coonoor Branch,
Shanmugapriya, Brook Lands.
Coonoor – 643101, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India.
E-mail: pranabjyoti333@rediffmail.com
Ph: 0091 9442181442.

ABSTRACT: The earlier inventories of the mosquito fauna from Nilgiri hills are compiled and updated the faunal record. Out of 333 species belonging to 47 genera documented in India, 119 species of 21 genera are recorded from Nilgiri hills. 19 species of 4 genera having medical importance are being recorded from Nilgiri hills alone out of total 28 species belong to 5 genera recorded in India. Latter on during the course of dengue vector surveillance in between 2010 – 12 we have added two more species to the check list , An. Stephensi an area distribution record and Toxorhynchites species new under description. (Unpublished data, National Centre for Disease Control, Coonoor Branch).  Overall 119 species belong to 21 genera are included in the check list. Evidently the area having richest mosquito fauna contributing more than 35% of the total Indian faunal record of which nineteen species belonging to four genera are considered to be having medical importance recorded from Nilgiri hills. Evidently the area having richest mosquito fauna contributing more than 35% of the total Indian faunal record which includes 19 species (>60%) which are considered having medical importance. The bionomics of the prevailing vectors is discussed.
KEYWORDS:  Species, Prevailing, Medical importance, An. stephensi, Toxorhynchites.

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