Psorophora ferox (Van Humboldt 1819)

Fig. 2 Charcos temporales formados por huellas de maquinaria en un campo de arroz recién cosechado (Bagatzí, Bagaces, Guanacaste) como hábitat para las larvas de P. ferox.

Fig. 1 Vista lateral de una hembra de Psorophora ferox.

Fig, LXXII. Larva of big woods mosquito. Psorophora ferox Hum. (After John B. Smith.) 1, larva; 2, antenna; 3, maxillary palpus; 4, mentum; 6, mandible; 6, maxillary brush; 7, terminal segments and siphon; 8, band of scales; 9, individual scale; 10, siphonal spines (all much enlarged).From: Headlee, Thomas J. 1945. The Mosquitoes of New Jersey and Their Control. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick. http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10185

Fig. LXXI. Adult of big woods mosquito. Psorophora ferox Hum. (After John B. Smith.)1, female adult; 2, palpus; 3, anterior claw of female; 4, same of male, 5, middle and 6, posterior claws of male (all enlarged). From: Headlee, Thomas J. 1945. The Mosquitoes of New Jersey and Their Control. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick. http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10185