Uranotaenia lateralis

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Uranotaenia lateralis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Uranotaenia
Species:
U. lateralis
Binomial name
Uranotaenia lateralis
Ludlow, 1905
Synonyms
  • Uranotaenia cairnsensisTaylor
  • Uranotaenia cancerLeicester
  • Uranotaenia ceylonicaTheobald
  • Uranotaenia propriaTaylor

Uranotaenia lateralis is a species of zoophilic mosquito in the family Culicidae. It is found in Thailand, Sri Lanka, [1] Japan, Australia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor, and Vietnam. [2] They are known to live in crab holes, [3] prefer to live around banks of water pools and are known to feed on mudskippers. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "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 31 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "lateralis Ludlow". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Mosquito Ecology. Mosquito Ecology: Field Sampling Methods. 2012-12-06. ISBN   9789401118682 . Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Culex pipiens. Culex Pipiens Pipiens Mosquitoes: Taxonomy, Distribution, Ecology. 2000. ISBN   9789546421036 . Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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