Culex erraticus ( Dyar and Knab, 1906 )

Rogers, D. Christopher & Cruz-Rivera, Edwin, 2021, A preliminary survey of the inland aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Journal of Natural History 55 (13 - 14), pp. 799-850 : 832

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2021.1923850

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scientific name

Culex erraticus ( Dyar and Knab, 1906 )
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Culex erraticus ( Dyar and Knab, 1906) View in CoL

This widespread species breeds in stagnant water, such as roadside ditches and isolated pools. On St. Thomas, we found larvae in pooled water in wheel ruts in the dirt tracks near Bolongo pond with Aedes tortilis .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

Genus

Culex

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