Toxorhynchites minimus

Toxorhynchites minimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Culicoidea
Family: Culicidae
Subfamily: Culicinae
Genus: Toxorhynchites
Species: Toxorhynchites minimus
(Theobald, 1905)

Toxorhynchites minimus is a species of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Toxorhynchites. It is found in India, Sri Lanka[1] Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Sumatra.[2][3] In under a mass rearing conditions, larva show cannibalism.[4]

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 3 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Species Details : Toxorhynchites minimus (Theobald, 1905)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "minimus (Theobald)". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Laboratory colonization and bionomics of Toxorhynchites minimus (Diptera : Culicidae) from Sri Lanka". Research Gate. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
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