Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India
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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
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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
)
tritaeniorhynchus
Giles, 1901a
Distribution.
Andhra Pradesh
: Coringa, Matlapalem;
Tamil Nadu
: Muthupettai. Mangrove.
Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults only. Larvae are usually found in lakes, irrigation canals, ponds, rice fields and rock pools, and also in brackish water pools in mangroves.
Sirivanakarn (1976)
reported the occurrence of the species in various habitats, such as ditches, wells, crabholes, rock pools in salt marshes, mangroves, nipa palm swamps and artificial containers (boats, canoes, jars and cans). This species is one of the main vectors of Japanese encephalitis virus in different parts of
India
.
References.
Rajavel
et al.
(2005b
,
2006a
).