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
Subgenus: 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]

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.