Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 85
  • Issue: 4

New Record of a Mosquito Uranotaenia lowii (Theobald, 1901) from India

  • Author:
  • Santhosh Goud*, Subasini Pattnaik, Ipsita Biswal, Jaya Kishor Seth, Rupenangshu Kumar Hazra1, Barsa Baisalini Panda1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Jan 4, 2024
  • Page Number: 966 to 968

1ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneshwar751023, Odisha, India

Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur760007, Odisha, India

*Email: santhosh1090696@gmail.com (corresponding author): ORCID ID 0000-0003-0574-4124

Online Published on 04 January, 2024.

Abstract

This study reports Uranotaenia lowii (Theobald, 1901) as a new record from India. It was collected from Berhampur University Campus, District Ganjam, Odisha, India. This species is not considered to have medical importance, as it does not bite mammals and feeds upon the blood of reptiles and amphibians.

Keywords

Uranotaenia lowii, Culicidae, Pale-footed, Acoustic sensitivity, A new record, Odisha, India, Diversity, Zoogeography, Vector, Medical importance