a handbook of the mosquitoes of north america - Systematic Catalog ...

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Large yellowish species ; abdomen covered with yel-
lowish scales, not banded ................ fiavescem ‘_J
Somewhat smaller species with little yellow; abdomen
inore or less distinctly banded ................ .14
Lower mesepimeral bristles absent ............... .15
Lower mesepimeral bristles present ............... .16
Mesonotum reddish-brown medianly, whitish or yel-
lowish white on the sides .............. excrucians ’
Mesonotum entirely reddish-brown ............ ri#mks ’ ?
Lower mesepimeral bristles only two ......... .fitchii “L
Lower mesepimeral bristles three to five ..... .stinzzdans /
Terminal abdominal segments with normal pale
bands ; breeds in fresh water .............. vexans ‘-J ’
Terminal abdominal segments largely pale scaled ;
breeds in salt marsh pools ............... cantntor ‘,?’
Lower mesepimeral bristles absent ............... .19
Lower mesepimeral bristles present ............... .25
Mesonotum marked with silvery scales ........... .20
Mesonotum not so marked ...................... .22
Mesonotum with broad median silvery stripe, not
reaching scutellum ..................... infirnm tus ...
Mesonotum with narrow median silvery stripe, reach-
ing scutellum ; or mesonotum entirely silvery ... .21
Mesonotum dark brown centrally, silvery on the
sides ................................ triseriatus ’
Female with narrow median silvery stripe; mesono-
turn of male entirely silvery ................ dztpreei
Mesonotal silvery stripe narrow in both sexes ....
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Wing scales bicolored, black and white intermingled.
...................................... spencerii
Wing scales uniformly dark colored ............. .23
Abdomen with continuous, or nearly so, lateral white
line .............. , ............ , ....... cinerezts /d