Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India Author NATARAJAN, R. Author GOPALAKRISHNAN, S. Author SHRIRAM, A. N. Author KUMAR, ASHWANI text 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 1481170a-401b-4100-a82b-f61511dc6c70 1175-5326 10985105 95B9D074-4A1C-45E5-9558-708DA9FC79A7 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 (2011) ; unpublished observations.