Culex (Lophoceraomyia) infantulus Edwards, 1922a

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 : 404

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scientific name

Culex (Lophoceraomyia) infantulus Edwards, 1922a
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Distribution. Assam: Golaghat; Maharashtra: Vikhroli; Meghalaya: Tura District—Dibru Hills. Mangrove and non-mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults and larvae. Larvae usually inhabit artificial containers, bamboo stumps, cement tanks, foot prints, hoof prints, irrigation canals, ponds, rice fields, slow-running streams, seepage pools, stream pools, tree holes and wells.

References. Rajavel et al. (2007); unpublished observations.

Edwards, F. W. (1922 a) A synopsis of adult Oriental culicine (including megarhinine and sabethine mosquitoes. Part I. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 10 (1), 249 - 293, 3 pls.

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