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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Aedimorphus vexans
(
Meigen, 1830
)
Distribution.
Andaman &
Nicobar Islands
: South Andaman—Chidiya Tapu. Mangrove.
Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults only. The immature stages of this species usually inhabit burrow pits, cement tanks, coconut shells, fallow lands, ground pools, marshy land and seepages.
Reference. Rajavel & Natarajan (2006).