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So far only two species of mosquitoes, both members of the day-biting scutellaris group, have been considered to be involved in the transmission of sub-periodic Bancroftian filariasis in Samoa and Tonga. Aedes (Stegomyia) polynesiensis Marks, 1951 (= pseudoscutellaris or var. pseudoscutellaris of variegatus or of scutellaris of authors) has been definitely established as an efficient vector in Western Samoa and American Samoa through natural and experimental infections by several workers1–7. The incrimination of A. (S.) tongae Edwards, 1926 as a vector has been entirely circumstantial and based on the similarity of this species with polynesiensis, which it appears to replace in Tonga where a high incidence of filariasis has been reported8–10.
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RAMALINGAM, S., BELKIN, J. Vectors of Sub-periodic Bancroftian Filariasis in the Samoa–Tonga Area. Nature 201, 105–106 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201105b0
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