The continuous laboratory rearing of Culiseta inornata (Will.) and a study of the structure and function of the egg-shell and egg-raft (Diptera: Culicidae).
Institution: | McGill University |
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Department: | Department of Entomology. |
Degree: | PhD |
Year: | 1951 |
Keywords: | Entomology. |
Record ID: | 1564731 |
Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118923.pdf |
In Canada mosquitoes are of importance primarily as pests of man and livestock. Their role as vectors of disease is confined solely to the virus of western equine encephalitis. Lacking a public health impetus, study of mosquito biology in Canada has lagged behind that of other countries where diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, filariasis and dengue exist. [...]