Key characters for identifying Aedes bahamensis and Aedes albopictus in North America, north of Mexico.
Aedes bahamensis, a species recently introduced into southern Florida represents the first member of the subgenus Howardina to be found in the United States. Its separation from all other Nearctic Aedes is the subject of this work, integrating it into the North American mosquito keys (Darsie and Ward 1981). The key revisions presented are expanded to include the other exotic species now found in the United States, Aedes albopictus.
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International Center for Public Health Research, University of South Carolina, McClellanville 29458.
D000330:Aedes / Q000145:classification*; D000818:Animals; D004772:Entomology / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva / Q000145:classification; D013045:Species Specificity; D014481:United States