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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Bionomics
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:
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Culicidae » Toxorhynchitinae
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- Representative species shown here:
- Toxorhynchites rutilus