A Contribution to the Ecology and Biology of Tree Hole Breeding Mosquitoes of Panama1

Abstract

This paper deals with certain aspects of the ecology and life history of tree hole breeding mosquitoes in Panama. The data on which the observations are based were gathered in the course of a study of the mosquito fauna related to the transmission of sylvan (“jungle”) yellow fever in the area. Our primary interest has been the accumulation of basic information on the groups of mosquitoes either known or suspected as vectors of sylvan yellow fever, as an aid to the understanding of the epidemiology of the disease. The groups concerned are the genus Haemagogus, the subgenus Finlaya of Aedes, and the sabethine genus Sabethes. While various other mosquitoes which utilize the same tree hole breeding niche were taken in the course of the field work, and the information on them is included in the tables, the discussions concern in the main the groups mentioned above.