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Aedes lankaensis

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Aedes lankaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species:
A. lankaensis
Binomial name
Aedes lankaensis
Stone & Knight, 1958
Synonyms
  • Aedes ceylonicus Edwards, 1917

Aedes (Verrallina) lankaensis, or Verrallina (Neomacleaya)[1] lankaensis, is a species complex of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Aedes. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[2] It is sometimes treated as separate species of the genus Verrallina by some texts.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Appendix S1.Tribe Aedini generic, subgeneric and species names proposed herein". PLOS. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133602.s001. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "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 1 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Species Details : Verrallina lankaensis Stone & Knight, 1958". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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