title: Redescription of the pupa of Culex restuans and a comparison with Culex nigripalpus.
abstract: The pupa of Culex restuans is redescribed in detail with a chaetotaxal table and a full illustration. The chaetotaxy of the pupa of Cx. restuans is compared with that of Cx. nigripalpus, the primary vector of St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile virus in Florida.
authors.affiliation: Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, 200 9th Street SE, Vero Beach, FL 32962, USA.
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Darsie
authors.forename: Jonathan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003465:Culex / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*; D011679:Pupa / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D013045:Species Specificity