The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

CULICIDAE

Ochlerotatus trivittatus (Coquillett)

Plains Floodwater Mosquito


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Synonyms: Aedes trivittatus (Coquillett)
                                        (Buxton 1950; Buxton & Breland 1952; Carpenter & LaCasse 1955; Darsie & Ward 1981; Dyar 1922,
                                          1928; Eads, Foyle & Peel 1960; Easton, Price & Graham 1968; Hill, Smittle & Philips 1958;
                                          McCleskey 1949; McGregor & Eads 1943; Randolf & O'Neill 1944; Rueger & Druce 1950; Wiseman
                                          1965)

 
Distribution Citations

1922 Dyar
[1928 Dyar]

1943 McGregor & Eads
1944 Randolf & O'Neill
1949 McCleskey

1950 Buxton
1950 Rueger & Druce
1952 Buxton & Breland
[1955 Carpenter & LaCasse]
1958 Hill Smittle Philips

 

1960 Eads Foyle Peel
[1965 Wiseman]
1968 Easton Price Graham

[1981 Darsie & Ward]

[2001 TMCA]
2005 Darsie & Ward

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

notes:

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

-larvae in flood pools of rivers and rainpools in woods (Dyar 1928)

-can survive desiccation (Buxton & Breland 1952)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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