Aedes pertinax, a Newly Recognized Mosquito Species in the United States

Donald A. Shroyer; Bruce A. Harrison; Brittania J. Bintz; Mark R. Wilson; Charles B. Sither; Brian D. Byrd

doi:10.2987/14-6447R.1

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Donald A. Shroyer,¹ Bruce A. Harrison,² Brittania J. Bintz,³ Mark R. Wilson,³ Charles B. Sither,⁴ Brian D. Byrd²

¹Indian River Mosquito Control District, 5655 41st Street, Vero Beach, FL 32967
²Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Laboratory, Environmental Health Sciences Program, College of Health and Human Sciences, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
³Forensic Science Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
⁴Manatee County Mosquito Control District, 2317 2nd Avenue W, Palmetto, FL 34221

Abstract

Specimens of a mosquito new to the continental USA, Aedes pertinax, were retrospectively identified from 2 collections made in 2011 in Indian River County, FL. Routine mosquito surveillance in subsequent years yielded more than 700 specimens appearing in 100 collections. The distribution of this mosquito in Florida and the United States is currently unknown, and recognition of the adult female is likely hampered by morphological similarities to Ae. atlanticus and Ae. tormentor.

2015 by The American Mosquito Control Association, Inc.

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Donald A. Shroyer, Bruce A. Harrison, Brittania J. Bintz, Mark R. Wilson, Charles B. Sither, and Brian D. Byrd "Aedes pertinax, a Newly Recognized Mosquito Species in the United States," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 31(1), 97-100, (1 March 2015). https://doi.org/10.2987/14-6447R.1

Published: 1 March 2015