Gray Katherine M, Burkett-Cadena Nathan D, Eubanks Micky D
Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.
J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2008 Dec;24(4):585-7. doi: 10.2987/08-5778.1.
Culex coronator, a mosquito species common to the American tropics, has been recently documented from a number of temperate areas in the USA. Since 2002 specimens have been reported for the first time from Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Here we provide new collection records for Cx. coronator in east-central Alabama. In October 2007, 2 larvae of Cx. coronator were collected from an artificial container in Tuskegee National Forest in Macon County, AL. The distribution of Cx. coronator in the USA seems to be expanding at a prodigious rate, for reasons that remain unclear.
库蚊属的冠状库蚊是一种在美洲热带地区常见的蚊虫，最近在美国的一些温带地区也有记录。自2002年以来，首次在俄克拉荷马州、路易斯安那州、密西西比州、阿拉巴马州和佛罗里达州报告了该物种的标本。在此，我们提供了阿拉巴马州中东部冠状库蚊的新采集记录。2007年10月，在阿拉巴马州梅肯县塔斯基吉国家森林的一个人工容器中采集到了2只冠状库蚊幼虫。冠状库蚊在美国的分布似乎正在以惊人的速度扩展，原因尚不清楚。
