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Author: Reid 1962:17 (M*, F*, P, L, E*). 14th mile Puchong-Klang road, Selangor, Malaya (BM) Distribution Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand Synonyms None Bionomics Ground water habitats with some emergent vegetation and partial to heavy shade such as jungle pools, swamp forest, sedge swamps, also overgrown drains, rice fields and river swamps. Adults will bite during the day in shady locations and will enter houses to bite at night ( Harrison and Scanlon 1975). Medical Importance Vector of Brugia malayi in peninsular Malaysia. Minor malaria vector in Borneo ( Harrison and Scanlon 1975). Additional References Peyton and Scanlon 1966:1 (F*; n. distr.). Harrison and Scanlon 1975:94 (M*, F*, P*, L*).

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