The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

CULICIDAE

Ochlerotatus thelcter (Dyar)




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Synonyms:  Aedes thelcter Dyar
                                          (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; Fisk & Levan 1940; Hill, Smittle & Philips 1958; Joyce 1945; McGregor & Eads 1943;
                                            Randolf & O'Neill 1944; Rueger & Druce 1950; Stone et al. 1983; Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit
                                            2001; Wiseman 1965)

Distribution Citations

1922 Dyar
[1928 Dyar]

1940 Fisk & Levan
1943 McGregor & Eads
1944 Randolf & O'Neill
1945 Joyce

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

1960 Eads Foyle Peel
[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 early spring and fall (McGregor & Eads 1943)

-can survive desiccation (Buxton & Breland)

-larvae in temporary ground pools (Dyar 1928)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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