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Cancraedes cancricomes

Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of NATARAJAN, R., GOPALAKRISHNAN, S., SHRIRAM, A. N. & KUMAR, ASHWANI, 2024, Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India, pp. 397-412 in Zootaxa 5437 (3) on pages 401-402, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/10985105

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References

  • Edwards, F. W. (1922 a) A synopsis of adult Oriental culicine (including megarhinine and sabethine mosquitoes. Part I. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 10 (1), 249 - 293, 3 pls.
  • Rajavel, A. R., Natarajan, R. & Vaidyanathan, K. (2005 a) Mosquito of the mangrove forests of India: Part 1 - Bhitarkanika, Orissa. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 21 (2), 131 - 135. https: // doi. org / 10.2987 / 8756 - 971 X (2005) 21 [131: MOTMFO] 2.0. CO; 2
  • Rajavel, A. R., Natarajan, R. & Vaidyanathan, K. (2006 a) Mosquito of the mangrove forests of India: Part four - Coringa, Andhra Pradesh. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 22 (4), 579 - 581. https: // doi. org / 10.2987 / 8756 - 971 X (2006) 22 [579: MOTMFO] 2.0. CO; 2
  • Tyagi, B. K., Munirathinam, A. & Vengatesh, A. (2016) An inventory of the authentically identified and classified mosquito taxa in the ' CRME Museum', with annotations on its significance in taxonomic research in India. International Journal of Mosquito Research, 3 (4), 58 - 113.