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WHITE mangrove trees (Avicennia nitida Jacq.) growing in clumps in the spring-tide zone of saltwater swamps near Lagos (Nigeria) contain numerous tree-holes, filled with rain water, in which larvæ of several species of Aedes are common. Dalziel1 and Dunn2 have found that A. (Stegomyia) africanus Theo. is a common tree-hole breeder in this area.
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Dalziel, J. M., Bull. Ent. Res., 11, 247 (1920–1921).
Dunn, L. H., Bull. Ent. Res., 17, 183 (1926); 18, 139 (1927); 18, 247 (1928).
Edwards, F. W., Bull. Ent. Res., 3, 1 (1912); "Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region", part III, "Culicine Adults and Pupæ", 130 (London: British Museum (Natural History), 1941).
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CHWATT, L. Aedes (Stegomyia) pseudoafricanus sp. nov. : a New Species of Aedesfrom the Coast of Nigeria (British West Africa). Nature 163, 808–809 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163808a0
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