Culex (Culex) vishnui 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 : 402-403

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scientific name	Culex (Culex) vishnui Theobald, 1901b
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Culex (Culex) vishnui Theobald, 1901b View in CoL

Distribution. Kerala: Wayanad District—Thonichal. Non-mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults only. The common aquatic habitats are ditches, ground pools, ponds, pools in stream margins and rice fields. This species is a main vector of Japanese encephalitis virus in different parts of India.

Reference. Unpublished observations.