Cancraedes simplex ( Theobald, 1903 )

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 : 402

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.5
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scientific name	Cancraedes simplex ( Theobald, 1903 )
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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).