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Misidentifications of four native Indian mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) erroneously reported as new country
R Natarajan1, Ralph E Harbach2
1Indian Council of Medical Research‒Vector Control Research Centre (Former Principle Technical Officer); Puducherry-605006; India. natarajan_192@yahoo.co.in.
Abstract:
The misidentifications of four native Indian mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) erroneously reported to be new country records are corrected. The misidentified species include Aedes (Mucidus) scatophagoides, Ae. (Neomelanoconion) lineatopennis, Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) crassipes and a species of the Campestris Series of Uranotaenia, tentatively identified as Ur. (Uranotaenia) rampae. The four species were incorrectly identified as the Australasian Ae. alternans, the Afrotropical Ae. mcintoshi, the Australasian Cq. xanthogaster and the American Ur. lowii, respectively. Causes of the misidentifications are explained.
