Anopheline mosquitoes of Myanmar. 1: Anopheles (Cellia) dirus Peyton and Harrison, 1979

ABSTRACT

Results of the study involving distribution, breeding habits, biology under laboratory cinditions, adult bionomics and its relationship to malaria transmission under different ecological condition have been studied and presented. Cytogenetics and iso-enzyme studies to differentiate its sibling species were also presented. Of the sibling species of An.dirus, species D was found to predominate in Myanmar, whereas species A was recorded from Central Burma. Susceptibility of An.dirus to DDT and Bacillus sphaericus was also reported.