Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

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Synonyms:  Chironomus neomodestus Malloch
                                            (Stone et al. 1983)
                   Tendipes neomodestus (Malloch)
                                             (Sublette 1953, 1955)

1976 Vaughn

1980 Davis & Buzan
1982 Buzan
1982 Davis MDCC
1982 Vaughn
1983 Barclay
[1983 Stone et al.]
1985 Barclay & Harrel
1986 Bass
1986b Bass

1991 Harrel & Hall
1992 Bayer et al.
1999c BFL

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

notes:

-First Texas Record as Tendipes neomodestus reported by Sublette (1955)

-larvae on leaf, wood and sand with slight preference for wood (Bass 1986); larvae restricted to littoral zone with preference for silty sand (Sublette 1953)