UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO. 336 
Washington, D. C. Issued June 1939 
Saareetay Slightly revised February 1944 
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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Im trod uctio meee ase a ee eae ea see 1 | Notes on the genera and species—Continued. 
Genera and species found in the Southeastern GenusyAledessMicicen= seen eee 45 
SGA CES ee reer pet eee ON ee ce Tete 8 1 Genus Psorophora Robineau-Desvoidy __- 53 
Literature on mosquitoes_________________ 4 Genus Mansonia Blanchard____________- 56 
General characteristics and habits of mosqui- GenusiGuvliseiashelteaa = = eee 58 
COGS eee eRe eb epee te reer ge ag 5 Genus Uranotaenia Lynch-Arribalzaga___ 59 
Collection and preservation of material_______ 8 Genus Mecarhinus Robineau-Desvoidy___ 60 
Mosquito: identification®= === es 13 Genus Orthopodomyia Theobald__________ 60 
IMIOSGUILOTCOM ETO] eee epee em 13 Genus Deinocerites Theobald_____________ 61 
IMOSQUITOISURVEYS= 5220 14 Genus Wyeomyia Theobald_______________ 61 
ININCerIN SISURVECY Ss 18 | Synoptic tables for the identification of the 
Control of mosquito larvae_______________ 18 mosquitoes of the Southeast________________ 62 
Control of adult mosquitoes_____________- 21 IGN WO CXGlDM NS Se 66 
SDecifics problems wee ee ee 2 Key to larvae (fourth-stage)._____________ 76 
Notes on the genera and species_____________- 28) elsiteratuine citediv= emilee aim en hyo eS RES 87 
Genus Anopheles Meigen_____------------ ZON Bld Oxete A ee Rake oe es IS Sa ES Se Ee Ene 95 
Genus Culex Linnaeus_.._______-_-__-_-_-_- 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 simplify 
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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