Systematic Catalog of Culicidae

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	lesteri Baisas and Hu 1936:229 (F, P*, L*, E*; hyrcanus var.). Type-loc: Santa Mesa of Manila, [Rizal, Luzon], Philippines (NE) Additional References: Ohmori 1957:209 (M*, E*). Ohmori 1959:222 (P*). Whang 1962:39 (n. distr.). Basio and Reisen 1971:60 (L; n. distr.). Tanaka 1971:4 (n. distr.). Harrison 1973b:4 (tax.). Kanda and Oguma 1976:325 (tax.). Otsuru, Nagashima, Nakamura and Kishimoto 1976:301 (E). Rueda et al. 2005: 604-622 (M*,F*,P*,L*; neotype designation) Rattanarithikul et al. 2006: 1-128 (as paraliae; F*,L*; bionomics, distribution, keys) Sinka et al. 2011: 89 (bionomics review, distr., niche model) Synonyms: syn. anthropophagus Xu and Feng syn. dazhaius Ma syn. kiangsuensis Xu and Feng syn. paraliae Sandosham Distribution: Borneo; Brunei, Cambodia, China, Guam, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea; South, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam Bionomics: Larvae are found in cool shaded ground water habitats that include marshes, ground pools, ponds, rice fields and other impounded water (Tanaka, Mizusawa and Saugstad 1979). Medical Importance: Important vector of malaria (Tanaka, Mizusawa and Saugstad 1979).

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