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

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upper dorsal head hairs single, lower in threes, sometimes in twos; a
pair of multiple hair tufts in front of the lower head hairs and be-
tween them. Anteantennal hair tufts small and multiple. The ab-
domen is not very stout, the anterior segments short and broad, the
posterior ones longer. Hairs are numerous, especially the short sec-
ondary hair tufts. Lateral hairs of first and second segments in
threes or not uncommonly in twos, those of the third to sixth double;
numerous secondary hairs and tufts. Eighth segment with a comb
of 9-15 scales in a partly double row. Anal segment as wide as long,
the dorsal plate extending ventrad to slightly below the middle; a
large mutiple tuft on the ventro-posterior angle of the plate; dorsal
brush consists of a long hair and a multiple tuft on each side; ven-
tral brush well developed of rather small, long tufts, a few smaller
ones preceding the barred area; anal gills small, bud-like, about as
long as the anal segment. Air-tube stout, rather sharply tapering be-
yond the basal two-thirds, about two and one-half times as long as
wide; pecten of closely set teeth, reaching the middle of the tube ;
tuft consists of one or two hairs arising beyond the pecten.
Aedes tri.~erintus is a tree hole breeding mosquito. The eggs
are deposited in holes in trees, stumps, etc., where water col-
lects. The adults are rarely abundant except in woodlands
where numerous breeding places may occur. The bite is pain-
ful and annoying. The species occurs throughout the eastern
United States, west to Montana and south to Texas.
AEDES PULLATUS Coquillett
Culex pullafzu Coquillett, Proc. Ent. Sot. Wash. 6, 168. 1904.
Aedes acrophihs Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens., 5, 127. 1917.
C&x j$lgorzt’Mz. Villeneuve, Bull. Sot. Ent. France, 58. 1919.
Aedes wzetalepticzts Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens., 8, 51. 1920.
Aedes galli Martini, Ueber Stechrnticken, 110. 1920.
Female. Length 5.5 mm.; wing 5 mm. Proboscis long, black.
Occiput black, with yellowish-white scales on the vertex, broad, flat
yellowish scales on the cheeks; numerous erect, yellowish forked
scales on vertex and nape. Mesonotum black, with yellowish-brown
scales, shading to yellowish on the sides and around the antescutel-
lar space; a bare median line reaching to the antescutellar space,
bordered each side by a narrow stripe of scales, each in turn
bordered by a broader stripe with but few scales; a sublateral pair