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Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles 1901
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Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901a
Distribution. Andhra Pradesh: Coringa, Matlapalem; Tamil Nadu: Muthupettai. Mangrove.
Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults only. Larvae are usually found in lakes, irrigation canals, ponds, rice fields and rock pools, and also in brackish water pools in mangroves. Sirivanakarn (1976) reported the occurrence of the species in various habitats, such as ditches, wells, crabholes, rock pools in salt marshes, mangroves, nipa palm swamps and artificial containers (boats, canoes, jars and cans). This species is one of the main vectors of Japanese encephalitis virus in different parts of India.
References. Rajavel et al. (2005b, 2006a).
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 page 402, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/10985105
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- Giles
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
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- Diptera
- Family
- Culicidae
- Genus
- Culex
- Species
- tritaeniorhynchus
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- Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901 sec. NATARAJAN, GOPALAKRISHNAN, SHRIRAM & KUMAR, 2024
References
- Giles, G. M. (1901 a) A plea for the collective investigation of Indian Culicidae, with suggestions as to moot points for enquiry, and a prodromus of species known to the author. Journal of the Bombay Society, 13, 592 - 610, 2 pls.
- Sirivanakarn, S. (1976) Medical entomology studies - III. A revision of the subgenus Culex in the Oriental region (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 12 (2), iii + 1 - 272.
- Rajavel, A. R., Natarajan, R. & Vaidyanathan, K. (2005 b) Mosquito of the mangrove forests of India: Part 2 - Sundarbans, West Bengal. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 21 (2), 136 - 138. https: // doi. org / 10.2987 / 8756 - 971 X (2005) 21 [136: 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