Uranotaenia lateralis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
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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]