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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.5
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Paraedes ostentatio
(
Leicester
, 1908
)
Distribution.
Assam
: Dibrugarh District—Soraipung, Golaghat District—Golaghat;
Meghalaya
: Tura District— Dibru Hills;
Kerala
: Thiruvananthapuram District—Kani forest. Non-mangrove.
Habitat dependence. Specific/semi-specific—Adults and larvae. Immature stages were collected, mainly in crabholes in stream margins, and also in some elephant footprints in shaded rainforests.
References.
Rajavel
et al.
(2011)
; unpublished observations.