Anopheline mosquitoes of Myanmar. 3: Anopheles (cellia) Philippinensis Ludlow, 1902 & Anopheles (cellia) nivipes (Theobald), 1903 in Myanmar and their differentiating characters

ABSTRACT

Malaria workers in Myanmar have only recorded the prevalence of Anopheles philippinensis in the country and anopheles nivipes have not yet been identified in Myanmar. The Department of Medical Research (DMR) survey teams to Tha-bye-wa, Oktwin Township collected many specimen provisionally identified in the field as An. philippinensis. Iso-female lines were raised from wild caught female to preparelarval skin, pupal skin and adult specimens for detail morphological examination. The specimens collected from the forested foot-hill area of Tha-bye-wa was found to be An. nivipes, which was recorded for the first time in Myanmar. The distribution,seasonal prevalence, adult bionomics and larval habits for both species, as described by previous wprkers were compared with the observations of the DMR survey teams.