Toxorhynchites rajah

Toxorhynchites rajah
Toxorhynchites rajah from type description
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Toxorhynchites
Subgenus: Toxorhynchites
Species: T. rajah
Binomial name
Toxorhynchites rajah
Tsukamoto, 1986

Toxorhynchites rajah is a species of mosquito in the genus Toxorhynchites. It is endemic to Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. In its larval stage, T. rajah is found exclusively in the pitchers of Nepenthes rajah (hence the name), a species of pitcher plant. As such, it is considered a nepenthebiont.

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