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Issue: Vol. 4227 No. 2: 2 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.2.6
Page range: 251–265
Abstract views: 102
PDF downloaded: 1

Descriptions of three new species of Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) Diptera: Culicidae) from India

Vector Control Research Centre, (ICMR), 605 006, Puducherry, India.
Vector Control Research Centre, (ICMR), 605 006, Puducherry, India.
Vector Control Research Centre, (ICMR), 605 006, Puducherry, India.
Diptera Mosquito Culicidae taxonomy

Abstract

Female and male adults, male genitalia, pupa and larva of Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) maikalensis, Ur. (Pfc.) dandakaranyensis and Ur. (Pfc.) satpuraensis, three new mosquito species, are described from India.

 

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