Species Mansonia titillans

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

First Richmond County record of M. titillans - Mansonia titillans - female

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 Mansoniini

Genus Mansonia

Species titillans (Mansonia titillans)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mansonia titillans (Walker)

Orig. Comb: Culex titillans Walker, 1848

Explanation of Names

titillans - Latin for 'tickle' (1)

Identification

Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (2)

Range

TX, FL / W. Indies/ Mex. to S. Amer. (3)

a serious problem in lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas (3)

Life Cycle

After hatching, the larvae attach themselves to the submerged roots of aquatic plants from which they obtain oxygen. The pupae also remain attached to the roots of the plants until time for emergence of the adults. (3)

Remarks

The females are troublesome out-of-doors biters and are known to fly several miles from marshes, ponds, and lakes where their immature stages occur. (3)

Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus recovered from wild-caught Mansonia titillans in Trinidad, also known to be a vector of filariasis. (3)

Internet References

Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (2)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Identification guide to common mosquitoes of Florida, by M.M. Cutwa-Francis & G.F. O'Meara

3.	Mosquitoes of North America (North of Mexico) Stanley J. Carpenter, Walter J. Lacasse. 1974. Univ of California Pr.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 June, 2006 - 11:41pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 January, 2014 - 10:32am

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