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Issue: Vol. 887 No. 1: 7 Mar. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.887.1.1
Page range: 1–10
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 25

Generic and subgeneric status of aedine mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) occurring in the Australasian Region

Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE), United States Department of Agri-culture, Agricultural Research Service, 1600/1700 S.W. 23rd Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32608-1067 USA, and collaborator, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), National Museum of Natural History, Smith-sonian Institution, Washington, DC
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
Diptera Culicidae Aedini Australasian Region checklist mosquitoes

Abstract

Species of Aedini occurring in the Australasian Region are listed with their current generic-level assignments. The purpose of this list is to enable entomologists, public health personnel, and mosquito control workers to more quickly become familiar with recent formal taxonomic changes within the tribe.

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