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Tripteroides (Rachionotomyia) affinis

Description

Tripteroides (Rachionotomyia) affinis (Edwards, 1913)

Distribution. Karnataka: Kundapur District. Mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—Larvae only. Immature stages of this species might have been flushed into crabholes during heavy rains. Larvae are usually found in bamboo stumps, split bamboo, tree holes, bases of trees and coconut shells.

Reference. Rajavel & Natarajan (2008).

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

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References

  • Edwards, F. W. (1913) New synonymy in Oriental Culicidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 4 (3), 221 - 242. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300043133
  • Rajavel, A. R. & Natarajan, R. (2008) Mosquito of the mangrove forests of India: Part 7 - An overview. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 24 (4), 478 - 488. https: // doi. org / 10.2987 / 08 - 5762.1