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Name-bearing Type

• Harbach and Rattanarithikul
• in Harbach, Rattanarithikul, Howard, Linton and Kitching 2007:471
• Type Species: Borachinda cavernicola Rattanarithikul and Harbach

Classification

• Subfamily Culicinae, tribe Aedini. Borichinda includes a single species, Bc. cavernicola.

Distribution

• Borichinda cavernicola is only known from a cave in northern Thailand.
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Phylogeny

• [Not yet available]

Characteristics

• MThe following salient anatomical differences distinguish Borichinda from Ayurakitia and Isoaedes. ADULTS - Compound eyes narrowly separated; scutum with pattern of dark and pale scaling; scutellum with broad scales on midlobe; postspiracular and subspiracular scales present; remigial setae absent; only one foreungues of males toothed (distinction from Isoaedes); apex of claspette of male genitalia expanded with numerous setae. LARVAE - Seta 4-C short, with 7-11 branches; seta 14-C branched (distinction from Isoaedes); seta 5-P double; seta 5-T large, stellate, multi-branched; seta 1-I-VII large, stellate, far anterolateral to seta 1; seta 9-II-VI far anterior to seta 7. PUPAE- Seta 6-III single; seta 6-VII anterior to seta 9; seta 9-IV-VI anterior to seta 8; apex of paddle slightly concave. See Aedini.

Bionomics

• Borichinda cavernicola is a cave-dwelling species that has only been found and reared from larvae that inhabit a single rimstone pool in Borichinda Cave of Chiangmai Province in northern Thailand. The cave harbours a population of bats that is likely to be the primary source of food for adult females. Nothing else is known about the biology of this species.

Medical

• Borichinda cavernicola is not a medically or economically importance species.

Important References

Harbach et al., 2007b (taxonomy) Reinert et al., 2009 (phylogeny) Rattanarithikul et al., 2010 (Thailand, keys, bionomics).

Included Taxa

cavernicola Rattanarithikul & Harbach, 2007

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