Culex tritaeniorhynchus

Habitat dependence. Transient — Adults only. Larvae are usually found in lakes, irrigation canals, ponds, rice fields and rock pools, and also in brackish water pools in mangroves. Sirivanakarn (1976) reported the occurrence of the species in various habitats, such as ditches, wells, crabholes, rock pools in salt marshes, mangroves, nipa palm swamps and artificial containers (boats, canoes, jars and cans). This species is one of the main vectors of Japanese encephalitis virus in different parts of India.

Sumber: Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India

Distribution. Andhra Pradesh: Coringa, Matlapalem; Tamil Nadu: Muthupettai. Mangrove.

Sumber: Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India

Distribution. This species is found in the Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic Regions (Azari-Hamidian et al. 2019). In the Middle East and North Africa, it occurs in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen (Knight 1953 b; Abdel-Malek 1960; White 1980; Harbach 1985, 1988; Harbach et al. 1989; Minář 1991; van Harten & Wagener, 1994; Salit et al. 1994; Amr et al. 1997; Al-Houty 1997; Alten et al. 2000; Brunhes et al. 2000; Miller et al. 2002; Pecor et al. 2002; El Khereji et al. 2007; Rueda et al. 2008; Alahmed et al. 2009; Kheir et al. 2010; Al Ahmad et al. 2011; Alahmed 2012; Al Ahmed et al. 2013; Alsheikh et al. 2013; Mahyoub et al. 2015; Lemine et al. 2017; Kardousha 2015, 2016; Tantely et al. 2016, 2017; Irish et al. 2016; Gunathilaka 2018; Azari-Hamadian et al. 2019; Camp et al. 2019; Farag et al. 2021; Maquart et al. 2021; Simsaa et al. 2021; Wilkerson et al. 2021). It was recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia by Harbach (1985).