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Note on the culicidae (Diptera: Culicidae) of the River Purus Basin, Acre, Amazonian, Brazil

Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) collections were made on the Pedro Peixoto Colonization Project in the State of Acre, Brazil. Four thousand, five hundred and eighty-eight (4,588) specimens were collected and fifty-three (53) species or group recognised. The occurrence of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oswaldoi is given special emphasis.

Mosquitoes; Ecology, vectors


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