Culex (Lophoceraomyia) mammilifer ( Leicester, 1908 )

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 : 404

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11155631

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scientific name

Culex (Lophoceraomyia) mammilifer ( Leicester, 1908 )
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Culex (Lophoceraomyia) mammilifer ( Leicester, 1908) View in CoL

Distribution. Andaman and Nicobar Islands: North Andaman—Karmatang; Assam: Dibugarh District— Soraipung. Non-mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults only. Immature stages are usually found in elephant hoof marks, ground pools, seepage pools and stream pools. Sirivanakarn (1977) found that the species utilize ground pools as the principal habitat under heavy forest shade.

References. Bhattacharyya et al. (2004); Rajavel & Natarajan (2006).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

Genus

Culex

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