The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) is a unique national resource. Its mission is to conduct systematics research on medically important arthropods and to maintain the U.S. mosquito collection. The WRBU is just one part of the U.S. Government's entomological research system, which includes the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Historically, mosquito identification was managed by USDA and the SI, but in 1972 this responsibility was transferred from USDA to the U.S. Army for research on medically important arthropods. Located at the Museum Support Center of the Smithsonian Institution in Suitland, Maryland, the WRBU's physical space is provided by the Smithsonian Institution in return for curation of the collection and specimen identification... (more)     Identification resources to medically important arthropods and WRBU's Vector Identification Service.   Medically Important Mosquito Species: High-resolution images of mosquito morphology     Staff Rationale Mission Current Status WRAIR/SI Collaboration   Online Systematic Catalog of Culicidae     [under construction] The Specimen Collection Current Research Projects   Culicidae Systematic Literature Search Culicidae Systematic Literature Index WRBU Mosquito Publications Mosquito Systematics Online: Full Text Articles     See new mosquito identification keys from WRBU See new WRBU staff publications   Sand Flies     [under construction] Photo Gallery   Site Map

The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Museum Support Center, MRC-534, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD 20746-2863 USA Ph: 301-238-1077; FAX: 301-238-3168 Department of Entomology, Division of Communicable Diseases & Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500 USA