Uranotaenia srilankensis

Uranotaenia srilankensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Uranotaenia
Subgenus:	Pseudoficalbia
Species:	U. srilankensis
Binomial name
Uranotaenia srilankensis Payton, 1974

Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) srilankensis is a species of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Uranotaenia. It is endemic to Sri Lanka,[1] and first documented from Peradeniya.[2]

References

1. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
2. "rutherfordi Edwards". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

External links

• Notes on the Genus Uranotaenia
• Uranotaenia srilankensis, a new species of the subgenus Pseudoficalbia from Sri Lanka (Diptera: Culicidae).
• The biology and immature stages of Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) srilankensis Peyton (Diptera: Culicidae)