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Issue: Vol. 4586 No. 2: 17 Apr. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-04-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.10
Page range: 376–382
Abstract views: 52
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Description of the adult male, larva and pupa of Topomyia (Topomyia) aureoventer (Diptera: Culicidae) in India

Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Indra Nagar, Puducherry, 605 006, India.
National Institute of Malaria Research, ICMR, Ayapakkam, Chennai, 600 077, India.
Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Indra Nagar, Puducherry, 605 006, India.
Diptera Mosquito morphology taxonomy Topomyia aureoventer India

Abstract

The original description of Topomyia aureoventer by Theobald (1910) included only the adult female. Description of the adult male, pupa and larva, with figures of the male genitalia, pupa and larva, are provided. The larva is predacious with well-developed mandibles and inhabits leaf axils of Colocasia plants.

 

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