The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

CULICIDAE

Psorophora confinnis (Lynch & Arribalzaga)

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Synonyms:  Taeniorhynchus confinnis

 

 
Distribution Citations

1943 McGregor & Eads
1943 Ross
1944 Randolf & O'Neill
1949 McCleskey

1950 Buxton
1951 Eads Menzies Ogden
1952 Buxton & Breland
1954 Hedeem
[1955 Carpenter & LaCasse]
1957 Eads & Strom
1958 Hill Smittle Philips

 

1960 Eads Foyle Peel
[1963 Dodge]
1964 Ward
[1965 Wiseman]
1968 Easton Price Graham

1970 Sublette & Sublette
1972 Blume et al.

[1983 Stone et al.]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-one of the three most abundant mosquitoes in Texas (Randolf & O'Neill 1944)

-can withstand drying (Buxton & Breland 1952)

-larvae especially in temporary flood pools after rainfalls (Randolf & O'Neill 1944)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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