Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901a Distribution. Andhra Pradesh: Coringa, Matlapalem; Tamil Nadu: Muthupettai. Mangrove. Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults only. Larvae are usually found in lakes, irrigation canals, ponds, rice fields and rock pools, and also in brackish water pools in mangroves. Sirivanakarn (1976) reported the occurrence of the species in various habitats, such as ditches, wells, crabholes, rock pools in salt marshes, mangroves, nipa palm swamps and artificial containers (boats, canoes, jars and cans). This species is one of the main vectors of Japanese encephalitis virus in different parts of India. References. Rajavel et al. (2005b, 2006a).

Published as part of NATARAJAN, R., GOPALAKRISHNAN, S., SHRIRAM, A. N. & KUMAR, ASHWANI, 2024, Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India, pp. 397-412 in Zootaxa 5437 (3) on page 402, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/10985105