Mucidus (Mucidus) scatophagoides Theobald, 1901b

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 : 405

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scientific name	Mucidus (Mucidus) scatophagoides Theobald, 1901b
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Mucidus (Mucidus) scatophagoides Theobald, 1901b View in CoL

Distribution. India, interior and coastal. Non-mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—The immature stages of this species are usually found in transient ground pools and marshes and open natural pools, chiefly during the rainy season. Larvae are predaceous.

References. Barraud (1934); Bright & Hogue (1972).