Uranotaenia moultoni
| Uranotaenia moultoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Uranotaenia |
| Species: | U. moultoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Uranotaenia moultoni (Edwards, 1914)
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Uranotaenia moultoni is a species of mosquito in the genus Uranotaenia. It is endemic to Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. U. moultoni is placed in the subgenus Pseudoficalbia. In its larval stage, U. moultoni develops in the pitchers of Nepenthes species. As such, it is considered a nepenthebiont.
References[]
- Two New Mosquito Species from a Pitcher Plant of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia[permanent dead link]
- Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, p. 39.
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Categories:
- Uranotaenia
- Insects described in 1914
- Nepenthes infauna
- Taxa named by Frederick Wallace Edwards
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