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A Note on Mosquitos Breeding is Tree-holes in Northern Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. W. Taylor
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Extract

The presence in Southern Nigeria of a well defined group of mosquitos whose breeding is confined to holes in trees has been known for some time, and Dalziel (1920) recorded a number of such species from Lagos.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , July 1934 , pp. 191 - 194
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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