Culex (Culex) pseudovishnui Colless, 1957

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 : 402

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Distribution. Andhra Pradesh: Coringa-Gaderu canal; Karnataka: Kundapur District—Rajadi bridge. Mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults and larvae. Larvae are usually found in various types of freshwater habitats such as natural ground pools, canals, pools at stream margins and rice fields. It is one of the chief vectors of Japanese Encephalitis in different parts of India .

References. Rajavel et al. (2006 a, 2006b).

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Culicidae
Genus	Culex

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