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Note on Aedes melanimon Dyar, a Mosquito New to Canada (Diptera: Culicidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Lawrence Burgess
Lawrence Burgess
Affiliation:
Veterinary and Medical Entomology Unit Ottawa, Ont.
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Four males of Aedes melanimon Dyar were collected in mosquito traps during flight studies on the prairie near Brooks, Alberta, in 1956. One of the specimens was taken on July 14, and two on July 24; the collection date of the fourth specimen is unrecorded. The determinations were made by Dr. J. R. Vockeroth, Entomology Division, Ottawa, from preparations of the genitalia. This is the first time that this species has been recorded from Canada; it was previously known only from the western United States. It is possible that females of this species have been collected in Canada but have not been recognized because of the similarity to A. dorsalis (Meig.). Barr (1955) and Richards (1956) have reviewed the specific status of Aedes melanimon Dyar and compared the morphology of this mosquito with that of other closely related species.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 89 , Issue 11 , November 1957 , pp. 532
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1957

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References

Barr, A. R. 1955. The resurrection of Aedes melanimon Dyar. Mosquito News 15: 170–172.Google Scholar
Richards, C. S. 1956. Aedes melanimon Dyar and related species. Canadian Ent. 88: 261–269.CrossRefGoogle Scholar