title: Aedes pertinax, a Newly Recognized Mosquito Species in the United States.
abstract: Specimens of a mosquito new to the continental USA, Aedes pertinax, were retrospectively identified from 2 collections made in 2011 in Indian River County, FL. Routine mosquito surveillance in subsequent years yielded more than 700 specimens appearing in 100 collections. The distribution of this mosquito in Florida and the United States is currently unknown, and recognition of the adult female is likely hampered by morphological similarities to Ae. atlanticus and Ae. tormentor.
authors.affiliation: 1  Indian River Mosquito Control District, 5655 41st Street, Vero Beach, FL 32967.
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Shroyer
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Brittania J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bintz
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Charles B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Sither
authors.forename: Brian D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Byrd
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D019476:Insect Proteins; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV
keywords: Aedes pertinax; Florida; Ochlerotatus (Protoculex) pertinax; distribution; exotic species