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Culex (Lophoceraomyia) bicornutus

Description

Culex (Lophoceraomyia) bicornutus (Theobald, 1910)

Distribution. Andhra Pradesh: Araku-Muliyaguda; Chhattisgarh: Lapha; Kerala: Braemore Hills, Thrippunithura; Odisha: Malkangiri District—Govindapalli, Keonjhar District—Dhankuniasahi, Mamalapusi; Meghalaya: Tura District—Dibru Hills. Non-mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults and larvae. Immature stages of this species are most frequently found in habitats close to the ground, usually in rock pools at stream margins under heavy or partial shade of dense tropical forest, and have also been found in bamboo stumps, coconut shells, footprints, latex cups, rock pools, rainwater collections, seepage pools, spathe, tin containers and tree holes.

References. Rajavel et al. (2011); unpublished observations.

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 403, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/10985105

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References

  • Theobald, F. V. (1910) Second report on the collection of Culicidae in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, with descriptions of new genera and species. Records of the Indian Museum, 4 (1), 1 - 33, 3 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 10537
  • Rajavel, A. R., Natarajan, R., Vaidyanathan, K. & Jambulingam, P. (2011) Systematic list of the species added to the mosquito museum at the Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicherry, India. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 27 (1), 8 - 14. https: // doi. org / 10.2987 / 8756 - 971 X- 27.1.8