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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Culex
(
Culex
)
pseudovishnui
Colless, 1957
Distribution.
Andhra Pradesh
: Coringa-Gaderu canal;
Karnataka
: Kundapur District—Rajadi bridge. Mangrove.
Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults and larvae. Larvae are usually found in various
types
of freshwater habitats such as natural ground pools, canals, pools at stream margins and rice fields.
It
is one of the chief vectors of
Japanese Encephalitis
in different parts of
India
.
References.
Rajavel
et al
. (2006
a
, 2006b).