Tripteroides sp. No. 2
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Rachionotomyia
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T. sp. No. 2
Binomial name
Tripteroides sp. No. 2

Tripteroides sp. No. 2 is a species of mosquito in the genus Tripteroides which has not yet been formally named. It is endemic to Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. T. sp. No. 2 is placed in the subgenus Rachionotomyia. In its larval stage, T. sp. No. 2 develops in the pitchers of Nepenthes species, especially N. rajah. As such, it is considered a nepenthebiont.

References

    • Masuhisa Tsukamoto (1989). "Two new mosquito species from a pitcher plant of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia". Japan. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 17 (3): 215–228. doi:10.2149/tmh1973.17.215.
    • Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, p. 39.


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