First record of Mansonia dyari in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Mansonia dyari, a species common to Florida, has been documented for the first time in Alabama. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention light trap surveillance yielded female specimens collected at 2 different locations in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. This is the westernmost expansion of this species in the USA.
Department of Biology, Millersville University, Millersville, PA 17551, USA.
Jennifer E
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Stough
John R
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Wallace
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