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Biodiversity

The Medical and Veterinary Entomology team described a new species of mosquito

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The Medical and Veterinary Entomology team described a new species of mosquito Following an expedition in Rattanakiri, and Kirirom National Parks, the Medical and Veterinary Entomology team of the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge collected a new species of elephant mosquito. These mosquitoes were collected inside Nepenthes pitchers, an endangered carnivorous plant. Its larvae develops in the … Read more

290 mosquito species in Cambodia

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290 mosquito species in Cambodia Between 2016 and 2020, the Medical and Veterinary Entomology unit of the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge collected over 230,000 mosquitoes. Based on this sampling effort, a checklist of 290 mosquito species in Cambodia is established.    This is the first attempt to list the Culicidae fauna of the country.   … Read more