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The Nature and Function of the Caudal Tufts of Malayan Anopheline Larvae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

W. A Lamborn
W. A Lamborn
Affiliation:
Malaria Bureau, Federated Malay States
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It has been found difficult to understand how such a fragile creature as an Anopheline larva could withstand the force of a strong current of water. In the following article it is proposed to explain the phenomenon on anatomical grounds.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , May 1921 , pp. 91 - 97
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1921

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* In this connection it is noteworthy that, whereas in the fully-grown larvae of A. hyrcanus and A. barbirostris (open-country breeders) the pigmented elements of both larval and imaginal eyes reach a maximum development, in the case of A. umbrosus, the remaining Malayan representative of the Myzorhynchus group of Anophelines (a breeder by preference in jungle), they are much reduced in size, especially in the crescentic eye, in which indeed they are so pale that the determination of their presence is difficult.