Discovery of Culex pipiens pipiens form molestus in Chicago.
A population of Culex pipiens pipiens form molestus was detected in a drainage sump in Calumet Water Reclamation Plant on the South Side of Chicago, IL. This is the first documented collection of a molestus population within the city of Chicago and the second collection of a molestus population in the Chicago metropolitan area in >60 years. Field-collected specimens were used to initiate a colony without bloodfeeding, and the colony is autogenous and stenogamous.
Mutebi
John-Paul
JP
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA.
Savage
Harry M
HM
D000818:Animals; D002641:Chicago; D003465:Culex; D005260:Female; D008297:Male