Mosquitoes Of The United States, The

Mosquitoes are small two-winged flies belonging to the order of Diptera, family Culicidae, subfamily Culicinae. The species are distributed all over the world, from the Arctic regions to the Tropics, but different species and genera are concerned in different faunal regions. The United States as here considered embraces the region between the Canadian and Mexican boundaries, including southern Florida and Alaska.