Culex (Eumelanomyia) pluvialis Barraud, 1924a

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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scientific name

Culex (Eumelanomyia) pluvialis Barraud, 1924a
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Culex (Eumelanomyia) pluvialis Barraud, 1924a View in CoL

Distribution. Kerala: Perunthenaruvi. Non-mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults only. Immature stages were collected in a rock pool in a heavy jungle, and have also been found in cement tanks, rock pools, rock holes and stream margins. Barraud (1934) reported in small rock pools in jungles.

Reference. Unpublished observations.

Barraud, P. J. (1924 a) A revision of the culicine mosquitoes of India. Part XIII. Further descriptions of Indian species of Culex L. including three new species. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 11 (4), 1275 - 1282, 2 pls.

Barraud, P. J. (1934) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Diptera V. Family Culicidae. Tribes Megarhinini and Culicini. Taylor and Francis, London, xxviii + 463 pp., 8 pls.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

Genus

Culex