Cancraedes cancricomes ( Edwards, 1922a )

NATARAJAN, R., GOPALAKRISHNAN, S., SHRIRAM, A. N. & KUMAR, ASHWANI, 2024, Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India, Zootaxa 5437 (3), pp. 397-412 : 401-402

Cancraedes cancricomes ( Edwards, 1922a)

Distribution. Andaman & Nicobar Islands: South Andaman—Chidiya Tapu; North Andaman —Karmatang, Kalighat; Nicobar—Kimus; Andhra Pradesh: Coringa-Gaderu Canal; Odisha: Bhitarkanika, Dangmal, Habalikhati. Mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Specific/semi-specific—Larvae only. Larvae were collected only from crabholes, swamps and holes at the bases of trees in mangrove forests in India.

References. Rajavel et al. (2005a; 2006a); Rajavel & Natarajan (2006); Tyagi et al. (2016).

Cancraede s simplex ( Theobald, 1903)

Distribution. Andaman & Nicobar Islands: North Andamans—Austin. Mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Specific/semi-specific—Adults only. Although only adults of this species have been found resting in crabholes and biting in mangroves in India, based on the study of Cancraedes (as a subgenus of Aedes ) by Mattingly (1958), it appears to be adapted to the crabhole habitat, but larvae are also found in pot holes in mangrove and coastal ground pools.

Reference. Rajavel & Natarajan (2006).