Culex (Lophoceraomyia) bicornutus ( Theobald, 1910 )

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 : 403

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11155621

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scientific name

Culex (Lophoceraomyia) bicornutus ( Theobald, 1910 )
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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 (2011); unpublished observations.

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

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

Genus

Culex