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Notes on some Insects and other Arthropods Affecting Man and Animals in Colombia¹

INTRODUCTION During 1923 and 1924 the writer spent fifteen months in Colombia, being engaged as Entomologist and Supervising Inspector for the Campaign against yellow fever that was being carried on there at that time. The mosquito control work and other duties in connection with this Campaign necessitated considerable travel throughout various parts of the Republic. This afforded an opportunity for collecting specimens of some of the insects and other arthropods affecting man and animals and also for making a few observations on the distribution of the most important varieties. Although the yellow fever work prevented as much time being devoted to this pursuit as would have been necessary to obtain a large collection, a number of the more common blood sucking insects and also a few new species were secured. An annotated list of these is presented in the following article.

CULICIDAE Anopheles albimanus Weidemann.

¹ The studies and observations on which this paper is based were conducted with the support and under the auspices of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Although the insects listed in this article were collected during 1923 and 1924, these notes on the species obtained and their distribution were not compiled for publication until this time. They are being presented at this late date because the medical entomology of Colombia has received but little attention and it is considered that this collection is quite probably the most comprehensive that has yet been made. These findings are now being recorded with the hope that it will stimulate more extensive surveys in this geographical area.