NEARCTIC REGION
Etymology: emerald green (L); larva and pupa
Type locality: North End Trail, Manatee Springs State Park, Levy County, Florida, United States
Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Darsie & Ward 2005
Harrison et al. 2016
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Larva
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
United States (continental)
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Reinert 1997: 28 (M*, F*, P*, L*, E*). In Reinert et al. 1997
Levíne et al. 2004 (molecular id., distribution, niche model)
Darsie & Ward 2005 (F*, L*; keys, distribution)
Harrison et al. 2016 (F*, L*; keys, distribution)
Giordano 2019 (distribution; Canada)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Darsie, R.F., Jr., & Ward, R.A. (2005). Identification and geographical distribution of the mosquitoes of North America, north of Mexico. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Giordano, B.V. (2019). Transmission dynamics and epidemiology of West Nile Virus in Ontario, Canada [Doctoral thesis, Brock University, Canada].
Harrison, B.A., Byrd, B.D., Sither, C.B., & Whitt, P.B. (2016). The Mosquitoes of the Mid-Atlantic Region: An Identification Guide. Western Carolina University Mosquito and Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Laboratory.
Levine, R.S., Peterson, A.T., & Benedict, M.Q. (2004a). Distribution of members of Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) and implications for their roles in malaria transmission in the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology, 41(4), 607–613.
Reinert, J.F., Kaiser, P.E., & Seawright, J.A. (1997). Analysis of the Anopheles (Anopheles) quadrimaculatus complex of sibling species (Diptera: Culicidae) using morphological, cytological, molecular, genetic, biochemical, and ecological techniques in an integrated approach. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 13(Suppl.), 1–102.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles smaragdinus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/smaragdinus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
