Tripteroides sp. No. 2

Taxobox
name = "Tripteroides" sp. No. 2
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Diptera
familia = Culicidae
genus = "Tripteroides"
subgenus = "Rachionotomyia"
species = "T." sp. No. 2
binomial = "Tripteroides" sp. No. 2
binomial_authority = (Mattingly, 1981)

"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

*cite journal |quotes=no|title=Two new mosquito species from a pitcher plant of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |journal=Japan. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. |volume=17 |issue=3 |year=1989 |pages=215–228 |author=Masuhisa Tsukamoto
* Clarke, C.M. 1997. "Nepenthes of Borneo". Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, p. 39.