Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India
Author
NATARAJAN, R.
Author
GOPALAKRISHNAN, S.
Author
SHRIRAM, A. N.
Author
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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1175-5326
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Rhinoskusea portonovoensis
(
Tewari & Hiriyan, 1992
)
Distribution.
Odisha
: Kendrapara District—Dangmal, Habalikhati;
Tamil Nadu
: Chidambaram District— Pitchavaram; Thiruvarur District—Muthupettai. Mangrove.
Habitat dependence. Specific/semi-specific—Adults and larvae. The immature stages of this species were collected mostly from crabholes and also found in swamp pools in mangroves and holes at the bases of trees.
References.
Rajavel
et al
. (2005
a
, 2005b);
Tyagi
et al
. (2016)
.