Why are large arachnids and centipedes so understudied?

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The Gates Foundation has sunk an enormous amount of money into studying anopheles. Aedes research also gets considerable funding.
 
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The Snark

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CladeArthropoda said:
Has there been an initiative to globally map the biodiversity of all Culicidae though?
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Enough to fill a small library. The first few of a web search. Gates foundation focused on the greatest health threat and highest mortality rate. 1635 deaths per day world wide.
Extremely poignant presentation with concise backgrounder addressing the funding issues.

Biodiversity of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) with Emphasis on Potential Arbovirus Vectors in East Azerbaijan Province, Northwestern Iran - PMC

The abundance, diversity, distribution and ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae), especially arbovirus vectors are important indices for arthropod-borne diseases control. Larvae and adult mosquitoes were collected using the standard methods ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
link.springer.com

Global diversity of mosquitoes (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) in freshwater - Hydrobiologia

Mosquitoes that inhabit freshwater habitats play an important role in the ecological food chain, and many of them are vicious biters and transmitters of human and animal diseases. Relevant information about mosquitoes from various regions of the world are noted, including their morphology...
link.springer.com link.springer.com
 
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