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 Culex ( Lophoceraomyia ) wardi Sirivanakarn, 1977 Distribution. Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram District—Amode, Thalaammala. Non-mangrove. Habitat dependence. Transient—Larvae only. Larvae inhabit ground pools with decaying leaves, footprints, seepages and spathes; adults resting in crabholes, tree holes and the bases of trees under heavy shade in forests. Sirivanakarn (1977) also recorded from ground pools, rock pools, and also in bamboo stumps under heavy shade in forests Reference. Unpublished observations.