Mosquitoes of the southeastern United States /Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena.

Burkett-Cadena, Nathan D.

Mosquitoes of the southeastern United States /Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xiii, 188 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps



Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One. An Illustrated Key for Identifying the Mosquitoes of the Southeastern United States; Key to Genera of Adult Female Mosquitoes of the Southeastern United States; Key to Genera of Fourth-Instar Mosquito Larvae of the Southeastern United States; Part Two. Species Accounts; Aedes; Anopheles; Coquillettidia; Culex; Culiseta; Mansonia; Orthopodomyia; Psorophora; Toxorhynchites; Uranotaenia; Wyeomyia; Glossary; References; Index.

Mosquitoes of the Southeastern United States is a full-color, highly illustrated guide to the sixty-four known species of mosquitoes in eleven genera that populate the South--from the Gulf Coastal states to the Carolinas. In addition to detailed and fully illustrated identification keys for both larvae and adults, Mosquitoes of the Southeastern United States includes information on the mosquito's lifecycle, interaction with humans, and biological diversity in the southeast. This area of the country has a rich mosquito fauna with diverse species ranging from the tiny pitcher plant mosquito to t.



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Mosquitoes--Southern States--Identification.
Mosquitoes.
Culicidae.


Electronic Books.

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