A Checklist of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Pondicherry, India with Notes on New Area Records

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2004

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

228-232

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - A. R. Rajavel, R. Natarajan, K. Vaidyanathan

 

Abstract

A checklist of mosquito species for Pondicherry, India, is presented based on collections madefrom November 1995 to September 1997. Mosquitoes of 64 species were found belonging to 23 subgenera and14 genera, Aedeomyia, Aedes, Anopheles, Armigeres, Coquitlettidia, Culex, Ficalbia, Malaya, Maisonia, Mimomyia,Ochlerotatus, Toxorhynchites, Uranotaenia, and Verrallina. We report 25 new species for Pondicherry.

Notes

Author(s) - A. R. Rajavel, R. Natarajan, K. Vaidyanathan