Aedes lankaensis

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Aedes lankaensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species:
A. lankaensis
Binomial name
Aedes lankaensis
Stone & Knight, 1958
Synonyms
  • Aedes ceylonicusEdwards, 1917

Aedes (Verrallina) lankaensis, or Verrallina (Neomacleaya) [1] lankaensis, is a species complex of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Aedes . It is endemic to Sri Lanka. [2] It is sometimes treated as separate species of the genus Verrallina by some texts. [3]

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References

  1. "Appendix S1.Tribe Aedini generic, subgeneric and species names proposed herein". PLOS. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133602.s001 .Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. "Species Details : Verrallina lankaensis Stone & Knight, 1958". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 1 February 2017.