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Issue: Vol. 4429 No. 1: 5 Jun. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.1.11
Page range: 181–188
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Uranotaenia pseudostricklandi, a new species in subgenus Pseudoficalbia (Diptera: Culicidae) from Kerala, India

Vector Control Research Centre (ICMR), India nagar, Puducherry 605 006, India.
Vector Control Research Centre (ICMR), India nagar, Puducherry 605 006, India.
Vector Control Research Centre (ICMR), India nagar, Puducherry 605 006, India.
Diptera mosquito Pseudoficalbia pseudostricklandi sp. nov. taxonomy Uranotaenia Ur. stricklandi

Abstract

The female and male adults, male genitalia, pupa and larva of Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) pseudostricklandi sp. nov. (Diptera: Culicidae) are described from specimens collected in India.

 

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