Culex (Eumelanomyia) malayi ( 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 : 403

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.5
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scientific name	Culex (Eumelanomyia) malayi ( Leicester, 1908 )
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Culex (Eumelanomyia) malayi ( Leicester, 1908) View in CoL

Distribution. Jammu & Kashmir: Jammu District — Mirpur-chowk; Karnataka: Kundapur; Tamil Nadu: Muthupettai. Mangrove and non-mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults only. Larvae occur in ground pools, latex cups under heavy-shaded forests, ponds, rock pools, riverbed pools and stream margins. Immature stages have also been found in crabholes.

References. Rajavel et al. (2005b, 2006b, 2007).