Toxorhynchites minimus explained

Toxorhynchites minimus is a species of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Toxorhynchites. It is found in India, Sri Lanka^[1] Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Sumatra.^{[2] [3]} When under mass rearing conditions, the larvae show cannibalism.^[4]

External links

• Studies on the efficacy of Toxorhynchites larvae and three larvivorous fish species for the control of Aedes larval populations in water-storage tanks in the Matale district of Sri Lanka

Notes and References

1. Web site: An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka . Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka . 3 February 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160625065751/http://thakshana.nsf.ac.lk/slstic/NA-81/NA_81.pdf . 25 June 2016 .
2. Web site: Species Details : Toxorhynchites minimus (Theobald, 1905) . Catalogue of Life . 3 February 2017.
3. Web site: minimus (Theobald) . Systematic Catalog of Culicidae . 3 February 2017.
4. Web site: Laboratory colonization and bionomics of Toxorhynchites minimus (Diptera : Culicidae) from Sri Lanka . Research Gate . 3 February 2017.