The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

CULICIDAE

Culex quinquefasciatus Say

Southern House Mosquito


 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms:  Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus Say
                                           (Dodge 1963; Hill, Smittle & Philips 1958; Sublette & Sublette 1970; Wiseman 1965)

 

 

Distribution Citations

1922 Dyar

1940 Fisk & LeVan
1943 McGregor & Eads
[1944 Randolf & O'Neill]
1949 McCleskey

1950 Buxton
1951 Eads Menzies Ogden
1952 Riedel
[1953 Breland]
[1955 Carpenter & LaCasse]
1956 Harmston et al.
1956 Irons
1957 Eads & Strom
1958 Hill Smittle Philips

1960 Eads Foyle Peel
1962 Huddleston et al.
[1963 Dodge]
1965 Eddleman
[1965 Wiseman]
1968 Easton Price Graham

 

1970 Sublette & Sublette
1973 Hayes et al.

[1981 Darsie & Ward]
1984 Hunt & Hacker
1986 Sprenger &
         Wuithiraryagool
1988 Strickland

2005 Bradford et al.
2005 Darsie & Ward

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

notes:

-breeds throughout the year (McGregor & Eads 1943)

-larvae in waters polluted with decaying organic matter (Riedel 1952)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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