Author: (Coquillett)
1898:302 (F; Culex).
Japan (USNM).
Distribution
Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia,
Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
Synonyms
panalectoris
Giles
1901a:608 (A; Culex).
Type-loc: Calcutta, West
Bengal, India (BM). Thurman 1959:78 (syn.).
Bionomics
Immatures are found in various container habitats that contain polluted water.
Females bite throughout the day, with peaks at dawn and dusk (Tanaka, Mizusawa
and Saugstad 1979).
Medical Importance
Vector of W. bancrofti (Tanaka, Mizusawa and Saugstad 1979).
Additional References
Edwards, in
Barraud 1934:314 (resurrected from syn. with obturbans).
Bohart and Ingram 1946b:62 (M*, F, P*, L*).
LaCasse and Yamaguti 1950:53 (M*, F*, P*, L*).
Hara 1957:50 (F*).
Thurman 1958(1959):390
(M*; tax.).
Mattingly 1971d:122 (E*).
Aslamkhan 1971b:153 (distr.).
Matsuo, Yoshida, and
Kunou 1972: 361 (E*).
Joshi, Pradhan and
Dsrsie 1965:138 (distr.)
Tanaka, Mizusawa and
Saugstad. 1975a:447 (M*, F*, L*) |
