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Author: Liston
1901:441
(F*)
Ellichpur, [Amaroati Dist., Central
Prov.], India (BM)
Distribution
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, China,
Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia, Thailand

Synonyms
folquei de Mello
1918:363
(F*).
Type-loc: Pragana, Nagar Avely, Damao [Portuguese India] (IM).
intermedia Rothwell
1907:34 (M, F; Neocellia).
Type-loc: Deesa, [Bombay], India (BM).
metaboles Theobald
1902a:374
(F*).
Type-loc: Lahore, [Punjab, Pakistan] (BM).
mysorensis Sweet and Rao
1937:673 (E; as var.).
Type-loc: India (LU).
Rao,
Sweet and Subba Rao 1938:262 (E*).
Puri, in Boyd 1949:495 (to ssp. status).
Rutledge,
Ward and Bickley 1970:1024 (syn.).
Bionomics
In urban areas the larvae are found
in a wide variety of artifical containers, cisterns, wells,
tubs and fountains. In the wild they are found in stream pools,
stream margins, seepages, irrigation channels and springs. Females
avidly bite man (Puri in Boyd 1949).
Medical Importance
Primary malaria vector (Christophers
1933).
Additional References
Senevet
1930:325 (P*).
Christophers
and Barraud 1931:179 (E*).
Christophers
1933:273 (M*, F*, L*).
Rao,
Sweet and Subba Rao 1938:261 (E*).
Pringle 1952:779 (L*; tax.).
Aslamkhan
1971:147 (distr.).
Aslamkhan, Aaqil and Hafeez 1972:29 (natural variation).
Townsend
1990:136 (type info.). |
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