Sample name: District Upper Dir (water)

Reference: M. ud Din and I. Ali Khan. 2015. Species composition, relative abundance and habitats of mosquito fauna of District Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 3(5):447-450 [ER 2212]

Habitat: temperate coniferous forest

Altered habitat: inhabited area

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 15.3

WMT: 25.4

CMT: 4.4

MAP: 700.0

Habitat comments: "The climate of Upper Dir is cold and damp. Its mountains are usually covered with snow and receives snow fall in the months of December, January and February... temperature varies from -6 ºC to 38 ºC" (presumably meaning daily extremes, not monthly means)
habitat is a guess, could be broadleaf/mixed
MAP stated in text
MAT, CMT, and WMT are for Dir and are from Awan (2002, The Climate and Flood Risk Poential of Northern Areas of Pakistan)

Life forms: mosquitoes

Sites: 4

Sampling methods: other nets,light traps,hand capture

Sample size: 278 individuals

Years: 2014

Seasons: spring,summer,autumn

Sampling comments: "The research study was conducted from April to November 2014... The mosquitoes were collected by means of hand net, aspirator and light trap... Outdoor collection was made from plants, water habitats and water-containing automobile tires"

Sample number: 2250

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-09-04 09:58:29

Modified: 2020-01-14 07:33:13