Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India
Author
NATARAJAN, R.
Author
GOPALAKRISHNAN, S.
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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
)
dandakaranyensis
Natarajan, Rajavel & Jambulingam, 2017
Distribution.
Andhra Pradesh
: Araku-Mulliguda;
Kerala
: Wayanad District—Periya;
Meghalaya
: Tura District—Dibru Hills; Baghmara District—Baghmara to Rongjang. Non-mangrove.
Habitat dependence. Semi-specific—Larvae only. Immature stages were collected in crabholes in the margins or bunds in rice fields, and were also found in banana leaves (fallen) and discarded utensils in rainforests.
Reference.
Natarajan
et al
. (2017)
; unpublished observations.