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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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 Unpublished observations.