Genus Deinocerites

Classification · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited

Mosquito in saltmarsh habitat near manrgoves and crabholes - Deinocerites cancer

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)

Family Culicidae (Mosquitoes)

Tribe Culicini

Genus Deinocerites

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1), 18 total(2)

Range

Neotropical, with a few spp. ranging into so. US (1 in FL, 2 in TX)(1)(2)

Habitat

usually breed (and rest during the daylight hours) in crab holes, but some spp. have been collected from post holes, rock holes, tree holes and various artificial containers(3)

Food

some spp. feed on a variety of hosts, including humans and other mammals, birds, lizards, frogs and toads(3)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	The Culicidae (Diptera): a review of taxonomy, classification and phylogeny Harbach R.E. 2007. Zootaxa 1668: 591–638.

3.	The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) - Vector Identification Resources

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 June, 2006 - 11:24pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 11 October, 2011 - 1:31pm

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