Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms:  Aedes nigromaculis (Ludlow)
                                           (Carpenter & LaCasse 1955; Darsie & Ward 1981; Dyar 1922, 1928; Eads, Menzies & Ogden 1951;
                                             Eads & Strom 1957; Harmston et al. 1956; Hayes et al. 1973; Hill, Smittle & Philips 1958;
                                             McGregor & Eads 1943; Randolf & O'Neill 1944; Reuger & Druce 1950; Stone et al. 1983; Sublette
                                              & Sublette 1970; Wiseman 1965)

1922 Dyar
[1928 Dyar]

1943 McGregor & Eads
1944 Randolf & O'Neill

1950 Rueger & Druce
1951 Eads Menzies Ogden
[1955 Carpenter & LaCasse]
1956 Harmston et al.
1957 Eads & Strom
1958 Hill Smittle Phillips

[1965 Wiseman]

1970 Sublette & Sublette
1973 Hayes et al.

[1981 Darsie & Ward]
[1983 Stone et al.]

[2001 TMCA]
2005 Bradford et al.
2005 Darsie & Ward

notes:

-breeds throughout the year (McGregor & Eads 1943)

-larvae in rainpools or irrigation water, often alkaline (Dyar 1928)