Biology:Mansonia indiana
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Short description: Species of mosquito
| Mansonia indiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Mansonia |
| Species: | M. indiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Mansonia indiana Edwards, 1930
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Mansonia indiana is a species of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Mansonia. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] Java, India , Myanmar, Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Thailand, and New Guinea.[2] It is a vector of nocturnally subperiodic Brugia malayi.[3] Females are known to be strongly anthropophilic (human biters). Larvae found only in association with Pistia species.[4]
References
- ↑ "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka". Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160625065751/http://thakshana.nsf.ac.lk/slstic/NA-81/NA_81.pdf. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ↑ "Species Details : Mansonia indiana Edwards, 1930". Catalogue of Life. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/ba1f8644489bcc169852f726d7810fc5. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ↑ Saratapeian, N; Phantana, S; Chansiri, K. "Susceptibility of mansonia indiana (Diptera: Culicidae) to nocturnally subperiodic Brugia malayi (Spirurida: Filariodea).". J Med Entomol 39: 215–7. PMID 11931259.
- ↑ "Bionomics". ENVIS Centre on Bioinformatics-Vector Control. http://iictenvis.nic.in/Database/Bionomics_1190.aspx. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
External links
- Semiochemicals of Mansonia Indiana
- Man biting activity of Mansonia annulifera and Mansonia indiana in Burdwan, West Bengal, India
- Laboratory colonization of Mansonia species
Wikidata ☰ Q13852420 entry
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