Mansonia uniformis

In addition to Ma. uniformis being a new genus and species for Iran, it is also a new addition to the mosquito fauna of southwestern Asia [for the definition of southwestern Asia see Harbach (1988)]. This record makes a connection between the distributional records of Ma. uniformis in the Afrotropical Region and the Oriental, Australasian and eastern Palaearctic Regions through southern Iran. Also, this finding attests the interesting zoogeography of southern Iran, which includes species from the Oriental Region, such as An. peditaeniatus, An. subpictus Grassi s. l. and Cx. pseudovishnui Colless, and species from the Afrotropical Region, such as Ae. caballus (Theobald) [Ochlerotatus caballus (Theobald)] and Cx. antennatus (Becker) (Azari-Hamidian et al. 2019).

Sumber: Mansonia uniformis (Diptera: Culicidae), a genus and species new to southwestern Asia, with a review of its medical and veterinary importance

Distribution. This species is found in the Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental and Palaearctic Regions. In the Middle East, the species occurs in Iran (Azari-Hamidian et al. 2020) and Saudi Arabia (Wills et al. 1985, as Mansonia sp., see Remarks).

Sumber: An overview of the mosquitoes of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Culicidae), with updated keys to the adult females

Distribution. Kerala: Wayanad District — Thonichal. Non-mangrove. Habitat dependence. Accidental — Adults only. The immature stages of all species in the genus Mansonia inhabit ponds and canals with floating aquatic plants. This species is vector of the nematodes that cause Brugian filariasis. Reference. Unpublished observations.