Keywords
How to Cite
Abstract
EENY481, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Stephanie K. Larrick, Erik M. Blosser, and C. Roxanne Connelly, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this small, dark brown mosquito that exists in the tropics and subtropics and about which little is known — distribution, description, biology, medical importance, and management. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, August 2010.
References
Belkin JN, Heinemann SJ, Page WA. 1970. Mosquito Studies (Diptera, Culicidae) XXI. The Culicidae of Jamaica. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 6(1).
Carpenter SJ, LaCasse WJ. 1955. Mosquitoes of North America (North of Mexico). University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA. pp 360. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520325098
(CIDH) Cayman Islands Department of Health. (2003). Environment. Cayman Islands Government. http://www.gov.ky/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/CIGHOME/ANNUALREPORT/2003/CH13.PDF (9 August 2010).
Darsie Jr, RF. 2002. Redescription of the pupa of Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 18: 277-279.
Darsie Jr, RF, and Ward RA. 2005. Identification and Geographical Distribution of the Mosquitoes of North America, North of Mexico. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL. pp. 400.
Edman, JD. 1979. Host-feeding patterns of Florida mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 15: 521-525 https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/15.5-6.521
Foote RH. 1952. The larval morphology and chaetotaxy of the Culex subgenus Melanoconion. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 45: 445-472. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/45.3.445
Knight JW, Haeger JS. 1971. Key to adults of the Culex subgenera Melanoconion and Mochlostyrax of eastern North America. Journal of Medical Entomology 8: 551-555. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/8.5.551
Mattingly PF. 1976. Mosquito eggs XXVIII: Culex subgenera Melanoconion and Mochlostyrax. Mosquito Systematics 8: 223-231.
Pecor JE, Mallampalli VL, Harbach RE, Payton EL. 1992. Catalog and illustrated review of the subgenus Melanoconion of Culex (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute. 27.
Porter JE. 1967. A check list of the mosquitoes of the Greater Antilles and the Bahama and Virgin Islands. Mosquito News 27: 35-41.
Pratt HD, and Seabrook EL. 1952. The occurrence of Culex iolambdis Dyar in Florida and Puerto Rico, with a description of the larva. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 54: 27-32.
Scherer WF, Dickerman RW, La Fiandra RP, Wong Chia C, Terrian J. 1971. Infections of wild mammals: ecologic studies of Venezuelan encephalitis virus in southeastern Mexico. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 20: 980-988. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1971.20.980
Williams MR, Savage HM. 2009. Identification of Culex (Melanoconion) species of the United States using female cibarial armature (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 46: 745-752. https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0404
Wirth WW. 1945. The occurrence of Culex (Melanoconion) elevator Dyar and Knab in Florida, with keys to the Melanoconions of the United States (Diptera, Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 47: 201-210.