Comprehensive Description
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Culex (Aedinus) bisulcatus (Coquillett)
In the mosquito catalog of Stone, Knight, and Starcke (1959) this species was listed as Aedes americanus (Neveu-Lemaire), but Fauran (1961) questioned the synonymy and treated americanus as a nomen dubium. This is quite probably correct and bisulcatus is the next available name with antillummagnorum Dyar as a synonym. I have seen specimens from Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Mona Island, St. Croix, St. Martin, St. Eustatius, Guadeloupe, and Dominica. It has also been reported from Saba and Jamaica. The occurrence of this species in Trinidad and French Guiana, as listed in the mosquito catalog, is very doubtful so that, as in the case of Culex secutor, Dominica is the southernmost verified locality.
The larvae are usually found in bromeliads, but they have also been collected from water at the base of Spanish bayonet and in artificial containers. The adults fly and bite during the daytime and are abundant and widespread particularly after rains.
DOMINICA RECORDS.—1 mile north of Castle Bruce at junction of road to Rosalie, 1,300 feet, 29 March 1966 (Gagné), 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ ; 23 April 1966 (Gagné), 2 ♀ , 1 ♂ ; 1.5 miles from Castle Bruce, ex bromeliads, 19 April 1959 (Darsie), 15 larvae, 3 pupae; Clarke Hall, 20 February 1964 (Bray), 1 ♂ ; Fond Figues River, 30 January 1965 (Wirth), 1 ♂ ; 9 February 1965 (Wirth), 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ ; 400 feet, 12, 29 April 1966 (Gagné), 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ ; Layou Valley Road, ex bromeliad, 18 April 1959 (Darsie), 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ , 2 larvae, 1 pupa; Manets Gutter, 10 March 1965 (Wirth), 1 ♀ ; Pont Casse, 1.5 miles north, 12 February 1965 (Wirth), 1 ♂ ; 2 miles east, 10 April, 5 May 1966 (Gagné), 2 ♀ ; 2.3 miles east, ex bromeliad, 19 April 1959 (Darsie), 14 larvae, 1 pupa, 2 ♂ ; 3.5 miles east, 25, 27 February 1965 (Wirth), 1 ♂ , 1 larva; 5 miles east, 11 April 1966 (Gagné), 1 ♂ .
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- Stone, Alan. 1969. "Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian biological survey of Dominica: the mosquitoes of Dominica (Diptera: Culicidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.16
Culex bisulcatus: Brief Summary
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