Uranotaenia moultoni

Taxobox
name = "Uranotaenia moultoni"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Nematocera
infraordo = Culicomorpha
superfamilia = Culicoidea
familia = Culicidae
genus = "Uranotaenia"
subgenus = "Pseudoficalbia"
species = "U. moultoni"
binomial = "Uranotaenia moultoni"
binomial_authority = (Edwards, 1914)

"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, especially "N. rajah". As such, it is considered a nepenthebiont.

References

* [http://www.wrbu.org/REF1/133700-0.pdf Two New Mosquito Species from a Pitcher Plant of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia]
* Clarke, C.M. 1997. "Nepenthes of Borneo". Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, p. 39.