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GENUS Toxorhynchites LARVA WRBU Home >> Vector Identification >> Mosquito Identification >> Mosquito Genera |
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Toxorhynchitinae Representative species shown here: Tx. brevipalpis Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Larval Stage: To view detail images, click on character description below. Image will open in a separate window. (Pop-up windows must be enabled in your browser settings.) 1. Larvae are very large 2. Color varies from pink to red and purple 3. Modified mouth brushes comprised of 10 or fewer thick, flattened filaments for grasping prey 4. Abdominal setae occur in groups of three to five on common sclerites 5. Comb absent 6. Pecten absent. |
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The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Museum Support Center, MRC-534, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD 20746-2863 USA Ph: 301-238-1077; FAX: 301-238-3168 |  |
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Department of Entomology, Division of Communicable Diseases & Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500 USA |  |