Uranotaenia lateralis explained

Uranotaenia lateralis is a species of zoophilic mosquito in the family Culicidae. It is found in Thailand, Sri Lanka,^[1] Japan, Australia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor, and Vietnam.^[2] They are known to live in crab holes,^[3] prefer to live around banks of water pools and are known to feed on mudskippers.^[4]

External links

• Studies on the mosquitoes in the Yaeyama Islands, Japan. 4. Uranotaenia lateralis Ludlow 1905, new to Japan [1979]
• Blood meal identification and feeding habits of uranotaenia species collected in the ryukyu archipelago.
• Mosquitoes and their potential predators in rice agroecosystems of the Mekong Delta, southern Vietnam.

Notes and References

1. Web site: An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka . Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka . 31 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160625065751/http://thakshana.nsf.ac.lk/slstic/NA-81/NA_81.pdf . 25 June 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: lateralis Ludlow . Systematic Catalog of Culicidae . 31 January 2017.
3. Book: Mosquito Ecology . Mosquito Ecology: Field Sampling Methods . 31 January 2017. 9789401118682 . 2012-12-06 .
4. Book: Culex pipiens . Culex Pipiens Pipiens Mosquitoes: Taxonomy, Distribution, Ecology . 31 January 2017. 9789546421036 . 2000 .