Author: Theobald
1901a:355 (type F* only)
Madras, India (BM)
Distribution
Bangladesh,
Burma, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan,
Thailand, Timor, Vietnam
Synonyms
None
Bionomics
Larvae
are typically found in ground pool habitats that include puddles,
ditches, ponds, animal and wheel tracks, and rice fields in
open situations containing emergent and aquatic vegetation.
Females feed primarily on pigs and birds, but in their absence
will readily bite man (Sirivanakarn 1976).
Medical Importance
An
important vector of Japanese encephalitis (Sirivanakarn 1976).
Additional References
Barraud
1934:400 (M*, F, L*).
LaCasse and
Yamaguti 1950:236 (M*, F*, P*, L*).
Colless
1957a:87 (M; tax.).
Reuben 1969:643 (M*, F* ,L*; syn.).
Joshi,
Pradhan and Darsie 1965:138 (distr.).
Da
Costa Pinhao 1974:470 (distr.).
Sirivanakarn
1975a:71 (M*, F*, P*, L*).
Sirivanakarn
1976:111 (M*, F*, P*, L*; distr.). |
