Uranotaenia lateralis
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| Uranotaenia lateralis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Uranotaenia |
| Subgenus: | Uranotaenia |
| Species: | U. lateralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Uranotaenia lateralis Ludlow, 1905 | |
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Uranotaenia lateralis is a species of zoophilic mosquito in the family Culicidae. It is found in Thailand, Sri Lanka,[1] Japan, Australia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor, and Vietnam.[2] They are known to live in crab holes,[3] prefer to live around banks of water pools and are known to feed on mudskippers.[4]