a handbook of the mosquitoes of north america - Systematic Catalog ...
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CULICINI 183<br />
Lateral comb <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> eighth segment consists <strong>of</strong> many scales in a<br />
triangular patch. Anal segment slightly longer than wide, ringed<br />
by <strong>the</strong> dorsal plate; a multiple (2-4 hairs) tuft near <strong>the</strong> posterior<br />
margin <strong>of</strong> plate; dorsal brush a group <strong>of</strong> long hairs and a large<br />
multiple tuft on ei<strong>the</strong>r side; ventral brush well developed, two or three<br />
small tufts preceding <strong>the</strong> barred area. Anal gills longer than <strong>the</strong><br />
segment, broad, rounded at <strong>the</strong> tips. Air-tube stout, gradually taper-<br />
ing from near <strong>the</strong> base, nearly three times as long as wide. Pecten<br />
consists <strong>of</strong> 10-12 stout teeth on <strong>the</strong> basal fifth, becoming long hairs<br />
beyond and extending to near <strong>the</strong> apex <strong>of</strong> tube; hair tufts large<br />
and prominent, arising near each o<strong>the</strong>r at <strong>the</strong> base <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tube between<br />
<strong>the</strong> rows <strong>of</strong> pecten.<br />
This species is found throughout <strong>the</strong> United States to South-<br />
ern Canada. It breeds throughout <strong>the</strong> spring and summer in<br />
permanent pools in ra<strong>the</strong>r dense forested areas. I found <strong>the</strong>m<br />
breeding in large numbers in permanent pools in dense second<br />
growth forests near Douglas Lake, Michigan. About Ithaca<br />
only single specimens have been taken and very few larvae.<br />
The adults hibernate. The eggs are laid in rafts on <strong>the</strong> sur-<br />
face <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> water. They are said to seldom attack man though<br />
<strong>the</strong> writer was frequently bitten by <strong>the</strong>m while collecting in<br />
nor<strong>the</strong>rn Michigan.<br />
THEOBALDIA IMPATIENS Walker<br />
C&x iwspatiem Walker, List Dipt. British Mus. 1, 5. 1848.<br />
C&x pifzgz& Walker, Lord’s Nat. in Vane. Is. and B.C. 2,<br />
337. 1866.<br />
C&x absorb&us Felt, Bul. 79, N.Y. State Mus., 318. 1904.<br />
Fenzale. Length 4.5 to 6.5 mm.; wing 5-7 mm. Proboscis slen-<br />
der, black. Occiput dark brown, sparsely clo<strong>the</strong>d with narrow, curved,<br />
yellowish-white scales, white along <strong>the</strong> eye margins; cheeks with<br />
broad flat white scales; nape with numerous erect, forked, black<br />
scales. Mesonotum brown, with bronzy-brown and yellowish scales,<br />
<strong>the</strong> yellowish scales forming patches along <strong>the</strong> anterior margin, two<br />
sublateral spots on <strong>the</strong> disk joined to <strong>the</strong> antescutellar space by fine<br />
pale lines ; margins <strong>of</strong> antescutellar space <strong>of</strong> pale scales. The ar-<br />
rangement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> brown and yellow scales <strong>of</strong>ten form complicated<br />
patterns but <strong>the</strong> common one is indicated above. Abdomen black with