UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO. 336 
Washington, D. C. 
Issued June 1939 
Revised June 1942 
THE MOSQUITOES 
OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES 
By W. V. Kine, senior entomologist, G. H. BRADLEY, associate entomologist, and 
T. E. McNEEL, assistant entomologist, Division of Insects Affecting Man and 
Animals, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
CONTENTS 
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Introductions ana ee eee 1 | Notes on the genera and species—Continued. 
Genera and species found in the Southeastern Genus Aedes Mieigen-— =. === == 45 
SSG Tie eae ae a pik rE Aes 1 Genus Psorophora Robineau-Desvoidy _ _- 53 
Literature on mosquitoes... 4 Genus Mansonia Blanchard____-_________ 56 
General characteristics and habits of mosqui- Genus Theobaldia Neveu-Lemaire_______ 55 
COGS Beene eee oe ee Ee Es ee, 5 Genus Uranotaenia Lynch- =Arribalzaga 7 es 59 
Collection and preservation of material_______ 8 Genus Megarhinus Robineau-Desvoidy__ 60 
Mosquito identification______________________- 13 Genus Orthopodomyia Theobald__________ 60 
IOS GUItOKCOMtrO lea ee eee enn 13 Genus Deinocerites Theobald_____________ 61 
MOS GUI tOySUTVeYyS= === ee ee 14 Genus Wyeomyia Theobald_______________ 61 
Engineering surveys_____-___-____-______- 18 | Synoptic tables for the identification of the 
Control of mosquito larvae______________- 18 mosquitoes of the Southeast________________ 62 
Control of adult mosquitoes______________ 21 Key satorad ul (semen eer 66 
Specific problems_____________ 23 Key to larvae (fourth-stage) __ 76 
Notes on the genera and species__ Zoi pleiberabunecite dae ee eee ee 87 
Genus Anopheles Meigen____-_------------ PATE VB XG (>, Sa eee ee See eee ee PC eran Sos 95 
Genus!Gulersininnacnse = ae ee 39 
INTRODUCTION 
This publication deals with the mosquitoes recorded from the nine 
States east of Texas and Oklahoma and south of the latitude of the 
Virginia-North Carolina border, bringing together information on 
these species that is widely scattered through the literature, and pro- 
viding a convenient means of identification. It contains notes on the 
habits of the species, their distribution, economic importance, and 
methods of control, together with descriptive keys for the identification 
of adults and larvae. Because fewer species are considered than in 
the more general reference works, an effort has been made to simphfy 
the identification of adults by eliminating some of the more obscure 
generic characters in favor of others that can be made out with less 
difficulty. All the genera have therefore been included in a single 
synoptic table, and the species are separated on characters that have 
been found most useful. A brief generic key is added for convenient 
reference. 
GENERA AND SPECIES FOUND IN THE 
SOUTHEASTERN STATES 
The mosquitoes found in the Southeastern States, together with 
their distribution and status as to prevalence and economic impor- 
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