Biology:Uranotaenia obscura

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Short description: Species of mosquito

Uranotaenia obscura
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Uranotaenia
Species:
U. obscura
Binomial name
Uranotaenia obscura
Edwards, 1915
Synonyms
  • Uranotaenia papua Brug
  • Uranotaenia philippinensis Delfinado

Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) obscura is a species of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Uranotaenia. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] Australia , Cambodia, India , Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Philippines , Singapore, and Thailand.[2] The species can found from undersides of banana leaves.

References

  1. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka". Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. http://thakshana.nsf.ac.lk/slstic/NA-81/NA_81.pdf. Retrieved 31 January 2017. 
  2. "obscura Edwards". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=16887. Retrieved 31 January 2017. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13853036 entry