Toxorhynchites rutilus
Toxorhynchites rutilus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Genus: | Toxorhynchites |
Species: | T. rutilus
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Binomial name | |
Toxorhynchites rutilus (Coquillett, 1896)
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Toxorhynchites rutilus, known generally as the elephant mosquito or treehole predatory mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae.[1][2][3]
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Elephant mosquito, Toxorhynchites rutilus
Subspecies[]
These two subspecies belong to the species Toxorhynchites rutilus:
- Toxorhynchites rutilus rutilus
- Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis
References[]
- ^ "Toxorhynchites rutilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Toxorhynchites rutilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Toxorhynchites rutilus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
External links[]
Media related to Toxorhynchites rutilus at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Toxorhynchites
- Insects described in 1896
- Culicoidea stubs