Toxorhynchites speciosus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Toxorhynchites |
| Species: | T. speciosus
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| Toxorhynchites speciosus (Skuse, 1889)
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Toxorhynchites speciosus is a mosquito species in the genus Toxorhynchites found in Australia.[1]
Toxorhynchites larvae, a mosquito genus that does not suck blood, feed upon other mosquito larvae and are often found with tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) larvae. Together with Mesocyclops aspericornis, T. speciosus forms a compatible predator pair for reduction of larval and Culex quinquefasciatus populations in tire habitats in Queensland.[2]
References[]
- ^ Skuse, F. A. A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part V.- The Culicidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society, New South Wales. 3: 1717-1764
- ^ Evaluation of Mesocyclops aspericornis (Cyclopoida:Cyclopidae) and Toxorhynchites speciosus as integrated predators of mosquitoes in tire habitats in Queensland. Brown MD, Hendrikz JK, Greenwood JG and Kay BH, J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1996 Sep;12(3 Pt 1), pages 414-420, PMID 8887220
External links[]
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- Toxorhynchites
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- Insects used as insect pest control agents
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- Insects described in 1889
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