Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India
Author
NATARAJAN, R.
Author
GOPALAKRISHNAN, S.
Author
SHRIRAM, A. N.
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KUMAR, ASHWANI
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-04-15
5437
3
397
412
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.5
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Uranotaenia
(
Pseudoficalbia
)
pseudostricklandi
Natarajan, Rajavel & Jambulingam, 2018
Distribution.
Chhattisgarh
: Korba;
Goa
: Chorao Islands;
Kerala
: Thiruvananthapuram District—Amode, Molamedu, Ayurmkala; Wayanad District—Kappumchal, Periya, Tholpatty;
Tamil Nadu
: Anamalai Hills (Western Ghats). Mangrove and non-mangrove.
Habitat dependence. Specific/semi-specific—Adults and larvae. Immature stages were collected from crabholes, tires and rock holes. Resting adults were collected in shaded areas in stream margins, crabholes and rubber plantations, and were also collected with light traps.
Reference.
Natarajan
et al
. (2018)
.