New range records of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from northern Ontario

A survey for mosquitoes at 23 sites in the Ontario Shield and Hudson Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario, Canada, in 2011 and 2012 yielded 19 species, including 16 of Aedes, and one each of Anopheles, Coquillettidia, and Culesita. One species, Aedes pullatus (Coquillett) is newly recorded for Ontario....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ringrose, J. L., Abraham, K. F., Beresford, D. V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Entomological Society of Ontario 2016
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Online Access:https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/eso/article/view/3746
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Summary:A survey for mosquitoes at 23 sites in the Ontario Shield and Hudson Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario, Canada, in 2011 and 2012 yielded 19 species, including 16 of Aedes, and one each of Anopheles, Coquillettidia, and Culesita. One species, Aedes pullatus (Coquillett) is newly recorded for Ontario. Eleven northern range extensions and one southern range extension are reported.