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Scientific Name
Orthopodomyia signifera
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Orthopodomyia signifera (Coquillett, 1896)
Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Protostomia |
| Superphylum | Ecdysozoa |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Subclass | Pterygota |
| Infraclass | Neoptera |
| Superorder | Holometabola |
| Order | Diptera |
| Suborder | Nematocera |
| Infraorder | Culicomorpha |
| Family | Culicidae |
| Subfamily | Culicinae |
| Tribe | Orthopodomyiini |
| Genus | Orthopodomyia |
| Species | Orthopodomyia signifera |
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Unknown
Abundance
Rare
Abundance Notes
Scarce. (Connelly, 2010)
Species Record Status Tags
- New to Park
Taxa Group Tags
- Insect
Taxa Subcategory Tags
- Flies
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
Vouchers
3
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
KStraub@nps.gov
Created Date
2/12/2016 11:19:44 AM
Last Modified By
mkulick@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
2/11/2020 9:39:21 AM
Notes
Distribution: Darsie and Ward (2005): Caribbean, Mexico; Southeast, Central
United States. GSMNP: Tennessee.
Egg: Laid on sides of water-holding cavity/container just above the waterline.
Larva and pupa: Overwinter as larvae. Water-filled rot cavities of trees; occasionally
in wooden water-holding containers. Slow developers; two or more generations often
found in same water source.
Adult: Feed on birds; not known to feed on humans. Adults often found resting on
tree trunks near the larval habitat.
Orthopodomyia signifera larvae occur in tree-holes that are high in the canopy and they
feed primarily on avian hosts. Due to the location of the larval habitats, and the
behavior of the adult mosquitoes such that they are not often collected in standard
mosquito traps, the occurrence of this species in the GSMNP is likely more abundant
than what is reported here.
(Connelly, 2010)
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