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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Culex
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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 Unpublished observations.