Author

  • Theobald
  • 1901b:234
  • Type Species: Toxorhynchites brevipalpis

Distribution

  • American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d‘Ivoire, Cuba, Dem. Rep. Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Synonyms

  • None

Bionomics

  • Not yet available

Medical Importance

  • Species of Toxorhynchites are not involved in the transmission of human or animal pathogens. The larvae of a few species have been used with some success to control economically important mosquitoes which breed in plant cavities and artificial containers.

Important References

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Adult Stage:

Culicidae » Toxorhynchitinae
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  • Representative species shown here:
  • Toxorhynchites rutilus