Deinocerites cancer | |
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D. cancer in Sarasota County, Florida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Genus: | Deinocerites |
Species: | D. cancer
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Binomial name | |
Deinocerites cancer Theobald, 1901
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Deinocerites cancer, the crabhole mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae.[1][2][3]
The feeding pattern of the female D. Cancer is about 75% avian hosts and 25% mammals. Those avian hosts being wading birds and the mammals tend to be primarily rabbits.