Culex (Lophoceraomyia) wardi Sirivanakarn, 1977

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11155645

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scientific name

Culex (Lophoceraomyia) wardi Sirivanakarn, 1977
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Distribution. Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram District—Amode, Thalaammala. Non-mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—Larvae only. Larvae inhabit ground pools with decaying leaves, footprints, seepages and spathes; adults resting in crabholes, tree holes and the bases of trees under heavy shade in forests. Sirivanakarn (1977) also recorded from ground pools, rock pools, and also in bamboo stumps under heavy shade in forests

Reference. Unpublished observations.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

Genus

Culex

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