Stegomyia

The carrier of yellow fever, it had been determined, was the small, quiet, silvery household mosquito known as Stegomyia fasciata, exactly as the Cuban physician Carlos Finlay had announced years earlier.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

The carrier of yellow fever, it had been determined, was the small, quiet, silvery household mosquito known as Stegomyia fasciata, exactly as the Cuban physician Carlos Finlay had announced years earlier.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Later, they have been called Stegomyia fasciatus and now go under the name of Stegomyia calopus (Aedes cal.).

Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous

Later, they have been called Stegomyia fasciatus and now go under the name of Stegomyia calopus (Aedes cal.).

The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915

I find that this mosquito much resembles the creature which Dr. Howard calls Stegomyia fasciata, or Culex fasciatus: and that its habits are the same as those of the Stegomyia.

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Though the female Stegomyia can feed on any warm-blooded animal, her decided preference is for human blood, and thus the whole life cycle of the insect must be maintained in close association with human society.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

The female Stegomyia will deposit her eggs only in or near a building occupied by human beings and only in water held in some sort of artificial container such as an earthenware jar or a rain barrel.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Like Stegomyia, the Anopheles were easily recognized by their resting stance.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

* Impressed by Finlay, who volunteered to help in any way he could, and by Carter, who had been sent to Havana as a quarantine officer, Reed decided to concentrate on Stegomyia fasciata, to prove that yellow fever was not a filth disease.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Seen under the microscope, Stegomyia is a creature of striking beauty.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005