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1 September 2006 Mosquitoes of the Mangrove Forests of India: Part 3—Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Including an Update on the Mosquito Fauna of the Islands
A. R. Rajavel, R. Natarajan
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Fifty-three mosquito species belonging to 20 subgenera and 18 genera—Aedes, Anopheles, Armigeres, Culex, Downsiomyia, Finlaya, Heizmannia, Kenknightia, Lorrainea, Lutzia, Ochlerotatus, Orthopodomyia, Rhinoskusea, Stegomyia, Toxorhynchites, Tripteroides, Uranotaenia, and Verrallina—were recorded in the mangroves of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, in collections made during May and June 2001. Larvae of 43 species were collected from different mangrove habitats. Together with collections made in nonmangrove areas, 83 species in 22 subgenera and 20 genera in total were recorded of which 33 species are new records for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Rhinoskusea wardi, Fl. flavipennis, and Ve. consonensis are 3 new country records for India. Collections included topotype specimens of St. seampi. Together with species known from earlier records, the mosquito fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is updated to 107 species in 23 subgenera and 24 genera.

A. R. Rajavel and R. Natarajan "Mosquitoes of the Mangrove Forests of India: Part 3—Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Including an Update on the Mosquito Fauna of the Islands," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 22(3), 366-377, (1 September 2006). https://doi.org/10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[366:MOTMFO]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 September 2006
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
mangroves
mosquitoes
new country records
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