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- Title
Records of Culex (Barraudius) modestus Ficalbi (Diptera, Culicidæ) obtained in the South of England.
- Authors
MARSHALL, JOHN F.
- Abstract
IN the years 1932 and 1940 respectively, two species of mosquitoes which are widely distributed in the Mediterranean region, namely, Anopheles algeriensis and Theobaldia longiareolata, were recorded for the first time in Britain:the former from a coastal area in Norfolk1, and the latter from Portsmouth (Hants)2. When recording the first-mentioned immigrants, the late F. W. Edwards suggested that they might have been introduced into Britain by aeroplane, and it seems highly probable that the later invasion admits of a similar explanation; although the alternative that the intruders were sea-borne is admittedly (at any rate where the seaport area of Portsmouth is concerned) a possibility. As, however, no descendants of either of these invaders are known to have survived the ensuing winter, the following British records of yet another Mediterranean species may be found of interest. All the specimens concerned in the present case were collected and identified, by my assistant, J. Staley, in the ordinary course of the mosquito control operations which are carried out under his supervision throughout a coastal area of Hampshire having an area of about forty square miles.
- Publication
Nature, 1945, Vol 156, Issue 3954, p172
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/156172a0