Resumen

NATAL, Delsio; BARATA, José Maria Soares; LAGOS, Carmen Beatriz Taipe  y  ROCHA, Roraima Moreira. Note on the culicidae (Diptera: Culicidae) of the River Purus Basin, Acre, Amazonian, Brazil. Rev. Saúde Pública [online]. 1992, vol.26, n.2, pp. 129-131. ISSN 0034-8910.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101992000200010.

Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) collections were made on the Pedro Peixoto Colonization Project in the State of Acre, Brazil. Four thousand, five hundred and eighty-eight (4,588) specimens were collected and fifty-three (53) species or group recognised. The occurrence of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oswaldoi is given special emphasis.

Palabras llave : Mosquitoes; Ecology, vectors.