Black-tailed Mosquito Culiseta melanura (Coquillett) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)

The black-tailed mosquito is unusual because it overwinters as larvae while most mosquito species overwinter as either adults or eggs. Culiseta melanura is important because of its role in the transmission cycle of eastern equine encephalitis virus and potentially West Nile virus. Because adult fema...

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Main Authors: Eva Buckner, Angelique Showman, C. Roxanne Connelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2012-10-01
Series:EDIS
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/120240
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