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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Toxorhynchitesrajah is a species of mosquito in the genus Toxorhynchites. It is endemic to Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. In its larval stage, T. rajah is found...
N. rajah is no exception, and in fact has two mosquito taxa named after it. Culex (Culiciomyia) rajah and Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) rajah were...
into this category. Examples include Culex rajah and Toxorhynchitesrajah, which are named after Nepenthes rajah, as well as the related species Culex jenseni...
from a Pitcher Plant of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: Culex rajah and Toxorhynchitesrajah (Diptera: Culicidae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF)...
detritus, as is common among mosquito larvae, whereas some species of Toxorhynchites also breed in pitchers, and their larvae are predators of other species...
London. pp. 82–84. Steffan, W.A. & N.L. Evenhuis 1982. A new species of Toxorhynchites from Papua New Guinea (Diptera: Culicidae).[permanent dead link] Mosquito...
at £3.3s per plant, while the famous giant-pitchered N. northiana and N. rajah were selling for £2.2s. Nepenthes bicalcarata plants are the largest in...
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