Rhinoskusea longirostris ( 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 : 406

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

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DOI

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scientific name

Rhinoskusea longirostris ( Leicester, 1908 )
status

 

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Distribution. Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Odisha: Bhitarkanika. Mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Specific/semi-specific—Adults only. Immature stages of this species usually inhabit crabholes and pools in mangroves.

References. Barraud (1934); Rajavel et al. (2005a).

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.

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 a) Mosquito of the mangrove forests of India: Part 1 - Bhitarkanika, Orissa. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 21 (2), 131 - 135. https: // doi. org / 10.2987 / 8756 - 971 X (2005) 21 [131: MOTMFO] 2.0. CO; 2

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

Genus

Rhinoskusea