The Mosquitoes of New Mexico

by Theodore A. Wolff and Lewis T. Nielsen

Mosquitoes are not just summer pests whose bites cause victims, young and old, to scratch the resulting bumps and welts. They are also threats to the public health. Mosquitoes belong to the family Culicidae and there are about 2,700 species worldwide, with approximately one hundred seventy mosquito species in the United States. Of these one hundred seventy species, almost sixty are found in New Mexico, including the Genus Anopheles, a known carrier...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826341721
• ISBN13: 9780826341723
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"