Aedes busckii (Coquillett 1906)

Aedes (Howardina) busckii (Coquillett)

The type-locality for this species was originally given as Santo Domingo, but this was later corrected to Dominica. It is apparently confined to the Lesser Antilles and has been collected on St. Eustatius, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, and Grenada. A report of the species from Jamaica has not been verified and is quite probably erroneous. The larvae are found in tree holes, bamboo nodes, cacao shells, and water held in leaf axils. There are no reports of it biting man.

DOMINICA RECORD. —Coconut plantation, 28 July, 1905 (Busck), 1 ♀ , 2 ♂ (type series); Clarke Hall, 21–31 January 1965, malaise trap (Wirth), 3 ♀ ; 24 January 1965, ex Colocasia and tree hole (Wirth), 2 ♀ ; 11, 19, 24 May, 1, 3, 10, 11, 12 June, 1966 (Steyskal), 15 ♀ , 1 ♂ ; 3 May 1966 (Gagné), 1 ♀ ; 10 October 1966 (Gurney), 1 ♀ ; 12–17, 23 November 1964 (Spangler), 2 ♀ ; 11 March 1964 (Bray), 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ ; near Castle Bruce, 19 April 1959, ex bamboo (Darsie), 5 ♀ , 6 ♂ , 16 larvae, 3 pupae.