The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

SIMULIIDAE

Simulium tuberosum (Lundstroem)




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Synonyms:  Melusina tuberosum
                   Simulium perissum Dyar & Shannon
                                           (Adler, Currie & Wood 2004)

 
Distribution Citations

1960 Wiseman & Eads

[1983 Stone et al.]

2004 Adler Currie Wood

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

notes:

-First Texas Record reported by Wiseman & Eads (1960)

-larvae in highly productive small streams and in shallow, cobble bottomed rivers with open canopies (Adler, Currie & Wood 2004); in wide variety of habitats, especially largber streams and rivers (Adler, Currie & Wood 2004)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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