Culex (Eumelanomyia) malayi ( Leicester, 1908 )

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.11155617

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scientific name

Culex (Eumelanomyia) malayi ( Leicester, 1908 )
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Culex (Eumelanomyia) malayi ( Leicester, 1908) View in CoL

Distribution. Jammu & Kashmir: Jammu District — Mirpur-chowk; Karnataka: Kundapur; Tamil Nadu: Muthupettai. Mangrove and non-mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults only. Larvae occur in ground pools, latex cups under heavy-shaded forests, ponds, rock pools, riverbed pools and stream margins. Immature stages have also been found in crabholes.

References. Rajavel et al. (2005b, 2006b, 2007).

Leicester, G. F. (1908) The Culicidae of Malaya. Studies from the Institute for Medical Research, Federated Malay States, 3 (3), 18 - 261.

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 b) Mosquito of the mangrove forests of India: Part six - Kundapur, Karnataka and Kannur, Kerala. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 22 (4), 582 - 585. https: // doi. org / 10.2987 / 8756 - 971 X (2006) 22 [582: MOTMFO] 2.0. CO; 2

Rajavel, A. R., Natarajan, R., Vaidyanathan, K. & Sonia, V. P. (2007) Mosquito of the mangrove forests of India: Part 5 - Chorao, Goa, and Vikhroli, Maharashtra. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 23 (2), 91 - 94. https: // doi. org / 10.2987 / 8756 - 971 X (2007) 23 [91: MOTMFO] 2.0. CO; 2

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

Genus

Culex