''Toxorhynchites rutilus'', known generally as the elephant mosquito or treehole predatory mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family

Culicidae Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning "gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "litt ...

. They are generalist predators, with common prey being microcrustaceans,

rotifer The rotifers (, from the Latin , "wheel", and , "bearing"), commonly called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals. They were first described by Rev. John H ...

s, and other hexapods. Taxorhynchites rutilus (Elephant Mosquito) (22086368412)

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species ''Toxorhynchites rutilus'': * ''Toxorhynchites rutilus rutilus'' * ''Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis''

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rutilus ''Rutilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Eurasia. This genus is a widely distributed lineage of cyprinids and ranges from West Europe to East Siberia. Species In FishBase (2022), nine species are included in the genus: * ...

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