An Annotated List of the Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Mississippi

ORCID

Goddard: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2617-7141

MSU Affiliation

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Creation Date

2026-09-30

Abstract

There has been no previous systematic statewide study of mosquitoes in Mississippi. This survey, resulting in the collection of over 400,000 specimens, was conducted by the authors from 2003 to 2007 throughout much of the state using CO2-baited CDC light traps and larval dipping. In addition, a health department contract mosquito surveillance technician collected several thousand specimens from the state from 2001 to 2003. Lastly, specimens housed at the Mississippi State University Entomological Museum, obtained from previous surveys, were included as vouchers for species occurring in the state. The collection records and literature show 60 species as occurring or having occurred in Mississippi. Voucher specimens representing 57 of the 60 species discussed are deposited in the Mississippi Entomological Museum or in the U.S. National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Washington, D.C.

Keywords

distribution, Mississippi, mosquitoes, surveys, taxomony

Publication Date

6-25-2010

Publication Title

Journal of Vector Ecology

Publisher

Society for Vector Ecology

First Page

79

Last Page

88

Rights

© 2010 The Society for Vector Ecology

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00062.x