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Isolation of fourth-instars larva of Aedes (Finlaya) harveyi (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Nilgiri hills, Southern India

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During the post monsoon season of 2012, the ovitraps were employed for dengue vector surveillance nearer to human habitations in the Nilgiri hills of Southern India. All the eggs obtained were brought to laboratory, and reared individually to adult stage for identification. A total of 30 exuviae of fourth-instars larva specimen were identified as Aedes (Finlaya) harveyi which were compared to other closely related species. Though the adult male and female of Aedes (Finlaya) harveyi were recorded from some parts of India but so far the larval stage has not been recorded.

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Thanks are due to Shriyuts P. Chandrasekaran, C. Annadurai, N. Muthukrishnan, T.N. Muralidharan, J. Shankaran and Mrs.Vijalakshmi, NCDC, Coonoor Branch for their excellent assistance in the field and laboratory.

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  1. National Centre for Disease Control, Nilgiris District, Coonoor, 643 101, Tamil Nadu, India

    Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan

  2. CRME (ICMR), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

    J. Hiriyan

  3. Pasteur Institute of India, Nilgiris District, Coonoor, 643 103, Tamil Nadu, India

    Anjan Jyoti Nath

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Bhuyan, P.J., Hiriyan, J. & Nath, A.J. Isolation of fourth-instars larva of Aedes (Finlaya) harveyi (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Nilgiri hills, Southern India. J Parasit Dis 40, 211–213 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-014-0473-z

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