U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska
Date of this Version
2006
Abstract
Although much of this edition is a verbatim rehash of the first edition (1980), some very important changes have been made to Darsie and Ward's book that make it a valuable resource. This book is the only book that incorporates many of the recent changes in nomenclature, new species listings, and updates of geographic distributions of North American mosquitoes. Twelve species have been added to the book since the first edition. Changes to the text were necessary because of new species (e.g. Aedes albopictus and Ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus) invading different parts of North America (Sprenger and Wuithiranyagool 1986, Peyton et al. 1999), new species being deÞned (e.g., the detection and naming of the sibling species of Anopheles quadrimaculatus) (Reinert et al 1997), and reinstating the subgenus Ochlerotatus to genus status (Reinert 2000). Other significant changes are revised and completely illustrated keys for the adult females and fourth instars, new user friendly geographical distribution maps for each species, and an updated systematic index table (Table 1), which includes the new species in North America.
Comments
Published in Journal of Medical Entomology January 2006 : Vol. 43, Issue 1, pg(s) 124-125.