Verrallina ceylonica

Verrallina ceylonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Verrallina
Species:
V. lankaensis
Binomial name
Verrallina lankaensis
Reinert, 1999
Synonyms

Aedes ceylonicus Edwards, 1917[1]
Aedes lankaensis Stone & Knight, 1958

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

References

  1. 1 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.
  2. ↑ Reinert, John (1999). "Restoration of Verralina to generic rank in tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae) and descriptions of the genus and three included subgenera". Contributions of the American Entomological Institute. 31 (3). The American Entomological Institute: 28. ISSN 0569-4450.
  3. ↑ "Appendix S1.Tribe Aedini generic, subgeneric and species names proposed herein". PLOS One. PLOS. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133602.s001.