Uranotaenia srilankensis

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Uranotaenia srilankensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Uranotaenia
Species:
U. srilankensis
Binomial name
Uranotaenia srilankensis
Payton, 1974

Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) srilankensis is a species of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Uranotaenia . It is endemic to Sri Lanka, [1] and first documented from Peradeniya. [2]

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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. "rutherfordi Edwards". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 31 January 2017.