Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms:  Uranotaenia syntheta Dyar & Shannon
                                            (Breland 1948, 1950, 1954; Carpenter & LaCasse 1955; Dyar 1928; Eads, Menzies & Ogden 1951;
                                             Harmston et al. 1956 in Ward 1964; Hill, Smittle & Philips 1958; McGregor & Eads 1943; Porter
                                             1946; Randolf & O'Neill 1944; Rueger & Druce 1950)

As Subspecies:
                   Uranotaenia anhydor syntheta Dyar & Shannon
                                            (Darsie & Ward 1981, 2005; Dodge 1963; Hill, Eads & Strom 1957; Smittle & Philips 1958; Stone et
                                              al. 1983; Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit 2001; Wiseman 1965)

1928 Dyar

1943 McGregor & Eads
[1944 Randolf & O'Neill]
1946 Porter
1948 Breland

1950 Breland
1950 Rueger & Druce
1951 Eads Menzies Ogden
1954 Breland
[1955 Carpenter & LaCasse]
1956 Harmston et al. in Ward
         1964
1957 Eads & Strom
1958 Hill Smittle Philips

[1963 Dodge]
[1965 Wiseman]

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

2001 Walter Reed
         Biosystematics Unit
2005 Darsie & Ward

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

notes:

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

-larvae associated with water hyacinth (Breland 1948); larvae in ground pools (Dyar 1928)