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THE MOSQUITOES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES 
Legs much less shaggy, only tips of femora and hind tibiae with long, 
erect scales; mesonotum without a median stripe of golden scales; 
first two segments of hind tarsi usually with very narrow pale basal 
rings; proboscis not ringed; general color bluish 
Psorophora howardii 
Mesonotum bright yellow (both scales and integument), with two 
prominent, shiny, black spots on posterior corners; costa and vein 1 
yellow-scaled from base to tip of subcostal vein. [Proboscis, femora, 
and tibiae yellow, tipped with dark; first two tarsal segments largely 
yellow, apical segments darker.] A conspicuously yellow species; 
USUAL yar a Leese aise my hae esa ea ie das ee eS Aedes bimaculatus 
INMOLE ASO Oe H ie(eY0 Re Meee eee hae Sse Sere oa eee ee As diamine dep Pata ye 
Proposcisvandatarsi ringed swat wihnitess= = ase See he a. 
ErObOSCcIS: NOLerInge da willl wilt ses se ee ee ee oa ee 
Wing scales very broad, mixed brown and white. [Abdomen blunt; 
femora, tibiae, and proboscis with mixed brown and white scaling. | 
Genus Mansonia 
Outstanding wing scales narrow (cf. veins 2 and 4)--________________- 
Hind tibiae with a wide pale ring on apical half, and first segment of 
hind tarsi with a wide pale ring at middle; proboscis broadly ringed ; 
postspiracular hairs absent. Locally prevalent in Southern and Kast- 
CLE States aie eel ee oe Mansonia perturbans 
Tibia and first segment of hind tarsi unbanded or bands indistinct; 
pale ring on proboscis narrow ; postspiracular hairs present. Southern 
LEM GSI Ka ero el 24 M0) oa KOS) ees eA Ee ee Mansonia titillans 
Femora without white rings; abdominal tergites with basal pale bands 
or lateral spots, or a longitudinal PAlesStripetesa SS ES 
Hind femur with a very narrow ring of white scales toward apex; ab- 
dominal segments pale-scaled apically, the pale scaling diffuse or 
extending forward at sides or centrally. [Legs and wings with mixed 
dark and pale scales, wings of some species also with spots of pale 
scales; spiracular and postspiracular bristles present ; claws of females 
HO Ce OO LINE Clg | ee ee Se ee Se eee Ps6orophora (Grabhamia) 
Tarsal segments with basal and apical pale rings, at least on hind tarsi. 
[Female abdomen blunt; postspiracular hairs absent. | pee conceecd 
CAC aa ee Ee eS = Rea re ee 
Tarsal segments without apical banding. [Abdomen tapered; ~ post- 
Spiravcularshairs present. == == == Aedes (taeniorhynchus group) 
Tarsal rings broad; femora and tibiae with a longitudinal line of white 
scales on outside; wings usually with a patch of white scales at base 
of costa. Taken very rarely in Louisiana and Arkansas, common in 
SUV SES TEE SS eA ace a Se Sala a 8 Culex tarsalis 
Tarsal rings very narrow, apical banding limited to hind tarsi; femora 
and tibiae not lined with white; wing scales entirely dark. A tropical. 
species that has been recorded from the Florida keys 
Culex bahamensis 
Abdomen with a dorsal longitudinal stripe of yellowish scales (fig. 14) ; 
femora and tibiae Speckled with white. [Mesonotum golden; proboscis 
and hind-tarsal segments broadly ringed; last hind-tarsal segment 
EYEE Ves Si) Oe ge te ge 
Abdomen with transverse dorsal bands put without a longitudinal stri ipe; 
dark portions of femora not speckled; mesonotum with dark or 
brownish scales, sprinkled with silver posteriorly. [Proboscis and 
tarsi uSually with rather narrow bands of white scales; first hind- 
tarsal segment not ringed in middle; tip of last hind-tarsal segment 
usually dark in southern specimens; wing scales narrow, entirely 
dark.] An important salt-marsh species, of somewhat less than the 
IVICA CR SIZ Ce srt ae one So 5 ae eA eS Se Se Aedes taeniorhynchus 
Wing scales brown and white mixed; first hind-tarsal segment with a 
pale ring in middie. Important salt-marsh species___Aedes sollicitans 
Wing scales entirely dark, first hind-tarsal segment without a central 
pale ring. A fresh-water breeder, usually rare__--__~ Aedes mitchellae 
First hind-tarsal segment ringed in middle or largely pale____________ 
First hind-tarsal segment without a central ring. A West Indian 
Species, recorded once from Florida (Key West) Psorophora pygmaea 
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