Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms:  Aedes nigra
                   Aedes triseriatus Say
                                           (Blume et al. 1972; Breland 1947, 1949, 1960; Buxton 1950; Buxton & Breland 1952; Carpenter &
                                             LaCasse 1955; Darsie & Ward 1981; Dodge 1963; Duhrkopf 1994; Dyar 1922, 1928; Eads, Menzies
                                             & Ogden 1951; Eads & Strom 1957; Fisk & LeVan 1940; Fournier et al. 1989 in Duhrkopf 1994;
                                             Hill, Smittle & Philips 1958; McCleskey 1949; McGregor & Eads 1943; Moore et al. 1990; Randolf
                                             & O'Neill 1944; Rueger & Druce 1950; Sprenger & Wuithiranyagool 1986; Stone et al. 1983;
                                             Suwana-adth 1958; Wilkins 1948; Wiseman 1965; Zavortink 1972)
                   Culex nigra
                   Culex triseriatus

1922 Dyar
[1928 Dyar]

1940 Fisk & Levan
1943 McGregor & Eads
1944 Randolf & O'Neill
1947 Breland
1948 Wilkins
1949 Breland
1949 McCleskey

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

1960 Breland
[1963 Dodge]
[1965 Wiseman]

1972 Blume et al.
1972 Zavortink

[1981 Darsie & Ward]
[1983 Stone et al.]
1986 Sprenger &
         Wuithiranyagool
1989 Fournier et al. in
         Duhrkopf 1994

1990 Moore et al.
1994 Duhrkopf

[2001 TMCA]
2005 Darsie & Ward

notes:

-larvae more common in treeholes during periods of regular rainfall (Breland 1960)

-breeds in spring and summer (McGregor & Eads 1943)

-can survive desiccation (Buxton & Breland 1952); also, found viable larvae in dry treehole with no free water (Breland 1947)