7 44 American Entomo/ogica! - Systematic Catalog of Culicidae
7 44 American Entomo/ogica! - Systematic Catalog of Culicidae
7 44 American Entomo/ogica! - Systematic Catalog of Culicidae
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Belkin et al: Topotypic Middle <strong>American</strong> Mosquitoes 3<br />
2. Uranotaenia apicalis Theobald, 1903. TYPE: d, 9, Antigua Island, Jan,<br />
W. R. Forrest (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae reported from open swamps with<br />
abundant aquatic vegetation, in Pistia as well as in emergent vegetation. Adults<br />
commonly attracted to light trapF<br />
3. Psorophora (Grabhamia) pygmaea (Theobald, 1903). TYPE: Adults, An-<br />
tigua Island, Aug, W. R. Forrest (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in temporary<br />
rain pools. Females readily attracted to light traps].<br />
4. Psorophora (Grabhamia) antiguae<br />
Antigua Island (BM).<br />
5. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) niger<br />
Antigua Island, 21 July 1901, W. R. Forrest (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae pri-<br />
marily in ground pools in salt marshes, occasionally in freshwater pools near-<br />
by. Females bite during day and night and are attracted to light traps].<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Localities<br />
All species from Antigua Island are from unspecified localities.<br />
BAHAMA ISLANDS<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Species<br />
1. Wyeomyia (W.) bahama Dyar & Knab, 1906. TYPE: Holotype 9, Tarpon<br />
Bay [Tarpum Bay], Eleuthera Island, 7 July 1903, T. H. C<strong>of</strong>fin (USNM, 9990).<br />
BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in leaf axils <strong>of</strong> bromeliads].<br />
2. Psorophora (Janthinosoma) c<strong>of</strong>fini (Dyar & Knab, 1906) [= johnstonii].<br />
TYPE: Holotype 9, Nassau, New Providence Island, 22 June 1903, T. H. C<strong>of</strong>-<br />
fin (USNM, 9960). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in shallow, temporary, shaded, rain-<br />
filled depressions. Females bite any time during day in shade and in the open].<br />
3. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) condole&ens Dyar & Knab, 1907. TYPE: Holotype<br />
9 (lo), Nassau, New Providence Island, 24 June 1903, T. H. C<strong>of</strong>fin (USNM,<br />
10248). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary rain pools].<br />
4. Aedes (0.) obturbator Dyar & Knab, 1907. TYPE: Holotype ?, Tarpon<br />
Bay [Tarpum Bay], Eleuthera Island, 7 July 1903, T. H. C<strong>of</strong>fin (USNM, 10141).<br />
BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in shaded temporary pools]. Holotype captured<br />
in woods.<br />
5. Aedes (0. ) plutocraticus Dyar & Knab, 1907 [= tortilis]. TYPE: Holo-<br />
type ? (lo), Nassau, New Providence Island, 21 June 1903, T. H. C<strong>of</strong>fin(USNM,<br />
10251). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in temporary ground pools].<br />
6. Culex (C. ) bahamensis Dyar & Knab, 1906. TYPE: Lectotype larva, Ba-<br />
hama Islands, date not specified, T. H. C<strong>of</strong>fin (USNM; selection <strong>of</strong> Stone and<br />
Knight 1957a: 43). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in temporary and permanent ground<br />
pools, in mangrove swamps and rockholes along seashore].<br />
*7. Culex (C.) eleuthera Dyar, 1918 [= bahamensis]. TYPE: Lectotype d<br />
(19), Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera Island, 6 July 1903, T. H. C<strong>of</strong>fin (USNM,<br />
21570; selection <strong>of</strong> Stone and Knight 1957a: 48). BIONOMICS: [See above under<br />
bahamensis].<br />
8. Culex (C. ) aseyehae Dyar & Knab, 1915 [= pipiens quinquefasciatus].<br />
TYPE: Lectotype d, genitalia on slide (748), New Providence Island, 1915,<br />
H. G. Dyar (USNM, 19978; selection <strong>of</strong> Stone and Knight 1957a: 43). BIONO-<br />
MICS: Larvae in water in coral rockhole outside <strong>of</strong> town, in association with
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