The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

CHIRONOMIDAE

Xenochironomus festivus (Say)

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Distribution Citations

1953 Sublette
1955 Sublette

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

notes:

-First Texas Record reported by Sublette (1955)

-larvae construct keyhole shaped burrows in clay hard pan (Sublette 1953)

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