The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

CULICIDAE

Ochlerotatus sticticus (Meigen)

Floodwater Mosquito


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Synonyms:  Aedes gonimus Dyar & Knab
                                          (Dyar 1922, 1928; Gjullin 1946; McGregor & Eads 1943; Randolf & O'Neill 1944; Walter Reed
                                            Biosystematics Unit 2001)

                   Aedes hirsuteron Theobald
                                           (Dyar 1922, 1928; McGregor & Eads 1943; Randolf & O'Neill 1944)
                   Aedes sticticus (Meigen)
                                           (Carpenter & LaCasse 1955; Darsie & Ward 1981; Dodge 1963; Gjullin 1946; Hill, Smittle & Philips
                                             1958; Randolf & O'Neill 1944; Stone et al. 1983; Wiseman 1965)

                   Culex gonimus
                   Culex sticticus

 

Distribution Citations

1922 Dyar
[1928 Dyar]

1943 McGregor & Eads
1944 Randolf & O'Neill
1946 Gjullin

[1955 Carpenter & LaCasse]
1958 Hill Smittle Philips

[1963 Dodge]
[1965 Wiseman]

 

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

[2001 TMCA}
2001 Walter Reed
         Biosystematics Unit
2005 Darsie & Ward

 

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

notes:

-breeds in summer (McGregor &Eads 1943)

-larvae in flood pools and seepage areas (Dyar 1928)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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