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Issue: Vol. 4137 No. 3: 12 Jul. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.3.2
Page range: 330–338
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of a new species of the genus Hulecoeteomyia (Diptera: Culicidae) from Meghalaya, India

Vector Control Research Centre (ICMR), Indira nagar, Puducherry 605 006, India.
Vector Control Research Centre (ICMR), Indira nagar, Puducherry 605 006, India.
Vector Control Research Centre (ICMR), Indira nagar, Puducherry 605 006, India.
Diptera Culicidae new species Pandanus

Abstract

Female and male adults, female and male genitalia, pupa and larva of Hulecoeteomyia cherrapunjiensis, a new mosquito species, are described from Meghalaya, India. Keys to separate larvae and adults are provided.

 

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