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1902:80 (M*, F*)

Fort de Kock, [West Coast], Sumatra, Banjoe-Biroe, Java; and numerous other Indonesian localities (ZM).

Distribution
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Mariana Islands

SpeciesMap

Synonyms
albino Stoker and Waktoedi
Type-loc: Indonesia (LU).
Reid 1968:342 (syn.).

flava Swellengrebel
1917:807 (non Ludlow 1908) (M, F; Myzomyia indefinita var.).
Type-loc: Soerabaia, Java (BM).

flavescens Swellengrebel
1921:47 (F; Myzomyia).
Type-loc: Soerabaia, Java (NE).
Christophers 1933:245 (?= sundaicus Rodenwaldt).
Reid 1968:347 (syn.).

immaculata James
1902:35 (A).
Type-loc: Ennur, Madras, India (BM).

immaculatus Theobald
1903a:23 (F).
Type-loc: "Evidently from Goa, India" (BM; same type as for immaculata James).
Christophers 1933:241 (tax.).

Bionomics
Larvae found in open muddy pools, hoof prints and ditches containing foul often brackish water. Adults strongly zoophagic (Reid 1968).

Medical Importance
"It is not regarded as a vector of human disease" (Reid 1968).

Additional References
Christophers and Barraud 1931:175 (E*).
Christophers 1933:241 (M*, F*, P, L*, E).
Crawford 1938:106 (P*).
Bonne-Wepster and Swellengrebel 1953:425 (M*, F*, L*).
Reid 1968:337 (M*, F*, P*, L*, E*; biol.)
Aslamkhan 1971:147 (distr.).
Darsie and Cagampang-Ramos 1971a:399(n. distr.).
Darsie and Cagampang-Ramos 1971b:28 (n. distr.).
Ameen and Talukdar 1974c:88 (P*).

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