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Medical Zoology and Entomology
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Medical Zoology and
Entomology
Studies on the involvement of
haematophagus arthropods and
nonhuman vertebrates in the natural
cycle of arthropodborne viruses at NIV,
resulted in establishment of the Division
of Medical Entomology and Zoology.
The Division has carried out extensive
faunistic, taxonomic, bio-ecologic and
disease relationship studies on blood-
sucking insect and acarines, birds and
mammals.
Numerous entomological and
zoological surveys have been carried out
in different parts of India including the
Himalayas, which generated a wealth of
information on the haematophagous
arthropod fauna of the country.
Taxonomic studies were conducted on a
variety of arthropods and vertebrates.
Several new species were described -
mosquitoes (1), sandflies (2), sucking
lice (14), fleas (2), bugs (3), ticks (18),
trombiculid mites (63) and
mesostigmatic mite (1). A new species of
rodent and one subspecies of bird was
also described.
NIV has an excellent reference collection
museum. It has distinction of holding
Indian rodents (52 species), birds (342
spp), bats (22 spp) and arthropod
collections such as mosquitoes (203
spp), ticks (52 spp), fleas (35 spp), mites
(50 spp) and sandflies (15 spp)
specimens.