Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms: Aedes sollicitans (Walker)
                                         (Arp 1974; Buxton 1950; Buxton & Breland 1952; Carpenter & LaCasse 1955; Darsie & Ward 1981;
                                           Dodge 1963; Dyar 1922, 1928; Eads, Foyle & Peel 1960; Eads, Menzies & Ogden 1951; Eads &
                                           Strom 1957; Easton, Price & Graham 1968; Fisk & LeVan 1940; Harmston et al. 1956 in Ward 1964;
                                           Hill, Smittle & Philips 1958; Janouski & Olsen 1994b; McAlister & McAlister 1995; McGregor &
                                           Eads 1943; Randolf & O'Neill 1944; Rueger & Druce 1950; Thompson 1955; Wiseman 1965)

1922 Dyar
[1928 Dyar]

1940 Fisk & LeVan
1943 McGregor & Eads
1944 Randolf & O'Neill

1950 Buxton
1950 Rueger & Druce
1951 Eads Menzies Ogden
1952 Buxton & Breland
[1955 Carpenter & LaCasse]
1955 Thompson
1957 Eads & Strom
1958 Hill Smittle Philips

1960 Eads Foyle Peel
[1963 Dodge]
1964 Harmston et al.
[1965 Wiseman]
1968 Easton Price Graham

1974 Arp

[1981 Darsie & Ward]

1994b Janouski & Olsen
1995 McAlister & McAlister

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

notes:

-breeds throughout the year (Dyar 1928)

-one of the three most common coastal mosquito species (Randolf & O'Neill 1944)

-larvae in shore pools filled by high tide (Dyar 1928)

-larvae tolerant of salinity variations (Arp 1974)

-larvae tolerant to drying (Buxton & Breland 1952)