Zur Biologie, Ökologie und hygienischen Bedeutung von Anopheles messeae messeae Falleroni 1926 (Diptera,Culicidae)

In connection with the consideration on the annual cycle and the population dynamics ofAnopheles messeae messeae Fall. in the surroundings of Munich/ West-Germany the effects of the different ecological conditions are discussed. The following factors and connexions are considered: the sphere of life of the larvae; the temperature of water and the pH beneath the surface of the biotopes during the period of development of the larvae; representatives of the accessary flora and fauna as possible booindicators and the importance of many of these species as factors of limitation for the larvae. A view is given of the annual cycle ofA. m. messeae and the possible causes for the considerable reduction of its population in the months after the maximum of July. Finally remarks are made on the higienical importance ofA. m. messeae.