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Mosquitoes From Paradise
What Comes in your mind when you hear about Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
Golden Beaches like Radhanagar and Butler Bay surrounded by Turquoise Waters? Kalapani Jail? Barren Island? Water sports and Reefs? Century’s first Sunrise?
Well your answer can be anything but I am sure it won't be something like Mosquito, Right? Even we locals don’t think about our famous mosquitoes when we are far from home. But if you were an European from 18th or 19th Century, you would have possibly squeaked Mosquito and Malaria when heard about Nye Danmark (18th Century name for Andaman and Nicobar Islands).
My Islands witnessed first European Colonization by the Danish in the 18th Century. By 1755 to 1858, The Europeans had tried several times to build a European Settlement in Nye Danmark but each of their attempts went in vain just because of a small creature called Mosquito and a giant Killer called Malaria.
After Several Unsuccessful attempts from Danish, the Dutch, Austrian and Italians, The British in 1858 were successful in building a Penal Colony called Aberdeen (now Port Blair). Though British were also once unsuccessful but the might Europeans took more than a Century to establish their first Settlement in the Islands.
From that time onwards, the Unique and Rich Biodiversity of the Flora and Fauna had attracted many Scientists in the Islands.
The Earliest research on Mosquitoes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was done by Herbert Christopher Robinson. He Discovered 8 species of Anopheles mosquito around Aberdeen in early years of 19th Century and had discovered a new species in Genus Uranotaemia. His research was particularly concentrated in Mangrove forests around Aberdeen.
Early research on Culex population were done by famous physician Gordon Covell in 1927; who was sent to islands during the Malarial Outbreak of 1927 in Andaman and Nicobar. Malaria and make some codes, which would be administered by Ross for protection and prevention from Malaria
By 1934 English Entomologist Philip James Barraud completed his research on the Mosquitoes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He did an Extensive research on the Culex populations and Eggs and larvae of Anopheles species. He also Studied and Classified Uranotaemia christopheri, the new species discovered by Herbert Christopher Robinson and placed it under Endemic Category and sent a pair of species to the British Museum. Barraud had also studied and classified Heizmannia covelli and Orthopodomyia andamanensis while being in Andaman and Nicobar.
After the Independence, the Islands saw several expeditions which were done on the mosquito populations of the Islands like by Basu in 1958, Krishnan in 1967, B.N. Nagpal and V.P. Sharma in 1982, Kumari in 1993, Kumari and Sharma in 1994,Sushil Kumar and Vijay Kumar in 1996, Nandi in 2000, Das in 2002, Nanda in 2004, Krishnamoorthy in 2005, Alam in 2006, A.R. Rajavel and R. Natarajan in 2006, Shanks in 2008, 2015 and 2016, Manimunda in 2011, Sunish in 2015, Patel in 2016, Shankar in 2016.
In 2016, According to the report published, Andaman and Nicobar Islands have 109 Mosquito species in 09 tribes, 25 Genus and 24 subgenera. According to estimates the total number of mosquito species can be...
Golden Beaches like Radhanagar and Butler Bay surrounded by Turquoise Waters? Kalapani Jail? Barren Island? Water sports and Reefs? Century’s first Sunrise?
Well your answer can be anything but I am sure it won't be something like Mosquito, Right? Even we locals don’t think about our famous mosquitoes when we are far from home. But if you were an European from 18th or 19th Century, you would have possibly squeaked Mosquito and Malaria when heard about Nye Danmark (18th Century name for Andaman and Nicobar Islands).
My Islands witnessed first European Colonization by the Danish in the 18th Century. By 1755 to 1858, The Europeans had tried several times to build a European Settlement in Nye Danmark but each of their attempts went in vain just because of a small creature called Mosquito and a giant Killer called Malaria.
After Several Unsuccessful attempts from Danish, the Dutch, Austrian and Italians, The British in 1858 were successful in building a Penal Colony called Aberdeen (now Port Blair). Though British were also once unsuccessful but the might Europeans took more than a Century to establish their first Settlement in the Islands.
From that time onwards, the Unique and Rich Biodiversity of the Flora and Fauna had attracted many Scientists in the Islands.
The Earliest research on Mosquitoes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was done by Herbert Christopher Robinson. He Discovered 8 species of Anopheles mosquito around Aberdeen in early years of 19th Century and had discovered a new species in Genus Uranotaemia. His research was particularly concentrated in Mangrove forests around Aberdeen.
Early research on Culex population were done by famous physician Gordon Covell in 1927; who was sent to islands during the Malarial Outbreak of 1927 in Andaman and Nicobar. Malaria and make some codes, which would be administered by Ross for protection and prevention from Malaria
By 1934 English Entomologist Philip James Barraud completed his research on the Mosquitoes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He did an Extensive research on the Culex populations and Eggs and larvae of Anopheles species. He also Studied and Classified Uranotaemia christopheri, the new species discovered by Herbert Christopher Robinson and placed it under Endemic Category and sent a pair of species to the British Museum. Barraud had also studied and classified Heizmannia covelli and Orthopodomyia andamanensis while being in Andaman and Nicobar.
After the Independence, the Islands saw several expeditions which were done on the mosquito populations of the Islands like by Basu in 1958, Krishnan in 1967, B.N. Nagpal and V.P. Sharma in 1982, Kumari in 1993, Kumari and Sharma in 1994,Sushil Kumar and Vijay Kumar in 1996, Nandi in 2000, Das in 2002, Nanda in 2004, Krishnamoorthy in 2005, Alam in 2006, A.R. Rajavel and R. Natarajan in 2006, Shanks in 2008, 2015 and 2016, Manimunda in 2011, Sunish in 2015, Patel in 2016, Shankar in 2016.
In 2016, According to the report published, Andaman and Nicobar Islands have 109 Mosquito species in 09 tribes, 25 Genus and 24 subgenera. According to estimates the total number of mosquito species can be...
