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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA430A27FF54F968FE805CE4" bold="true" box="[151,273,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="112" pageNumber="113">Mansonia</emphasis>
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subspecies
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(
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—original combination:
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA430A27FCE6F8A4FC685D26" box="[805,1017,1803,1827]" italics="true" pageId="112" pageNumber="113">Panoplites africanus</emphasis>
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. Distribution:
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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(
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Wilkerson
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. 2021
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subspecies
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA430A27FED1F829FEEB5D9B" bold="true" box="[274,378,1926,1950]" italics="true" pageId="112" pageNumber="113">nigerrima</emphasis>
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—original combination:
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA430A27FCFBF829FB805D98" box="[824,1041,1926,1949]" italics="true" pageId="112" pageNumber="113">Mansonia nigerrima</emphasis>
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(varietal status by
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; subspecific status by
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). Distribution:
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,
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,
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(
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Wilkerson
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA430A27FB0EF80AFB6B5DB9" box="[1229,1274,1956,1980]" italics="true" pageId="112" pageNumber="113">et al</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FF54FF38FEFF5AB4" box="[151,366,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mansonia africana</emphasis>
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is a well-known African species of the subgenus
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FC63FF38FBAC5AB4" box="[928,1085,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mansonioides</emphasis>
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; however, like most Afrotropical species of
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, the larval and pupal stages of this species have not been fully described and illustrated. Descriptions of the adults of subspecies
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lack illustrations and are brief and superficial, and the immature stages are unknown.
</paragraph>
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described
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FDC4FE88FD095B44" box="[519,664,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mn. africana</emphasis>
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(as
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FD05FE88FC3F5B44" box="[710,942,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Panoplites africanus</emphasis>
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) from “Quite a number of this species in the collection from Asaba”, a city in southern
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. He added that “The specimens collected at Asaba differ in no respects from those in the other parts of West and Central Africa.” According to
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,
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are present in the Natural History Museum, London—“
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:
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[head only of 1, on slide],
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, Chiromo, Lower Shire.… This is one of the
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from West and Central Africa referred to generally in the description and listed more fully in
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.” It is not clear to which of the
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this applies, but we assume it is not the one represented by the slide-mounted head. In either case, the localities listed by
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for his (second) description of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FDA1FD8CFCDF5838" box="[610,846,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Panoplites africanus</emphasis>
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do not include Asaba [they include Chiromo, Fort Johnstone (now called
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) and Lower Shire (Shire River) in former British Central Africa (present-day
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), and
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and Old Calabar (contemporary Duke Town) in
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]. It is unfortunate that
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Stone
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. (1959)
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and
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did not arrange Theobalds early publications in strict chronological order.
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[??/09/1901] predates
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[
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] by two months; consequently, it seems that the specimens from Asada,
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are non-extant and the two “
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” females have no taxonomic status.
</paragraph>
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described
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FE39FD54FD705911" box="[506,737,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mansonia nigerrima</emphasis>
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based on a single female from Mpuma,
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(Mpuma, now known as Mpuma-Luga, is a city in the
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, Central Region, located about
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east of
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).
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placed
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FE7EFCECFDA95959" box="[445,568,835,860]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Ma. major</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FC86FCECFC7C5959" box="[837,1005,835,860]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mn. nigerrima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in synonymy with
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FB1AFCECFAE15958" box="[1241,1392,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mn. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(as
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FF54FCC8FE385984" box="[151,425,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mansonioides africanus</emphasis>
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) but then, seemingly reluctantly, treated
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FC49FCC8FC6B5985" box="[906,1018,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">nigerrima</emphasis>
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as a variety, saying: “
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may perhaps rank as a good variety; it is much darker than the
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: the thorax is darker, with hardly a trace of pale markings; the dark scales of the wings are much more numerous than the light, and the white rings at the bases of the hind tarsal joints are much narrower than in typical
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FD18FC7CFCFA59E8" box="[731,875,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">M. africanus</emphasis>
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. The male genitalia, however, do not differ in any way. This form has up to the present only been found in
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.”
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,
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) was the only taxonomist post-Theobald (1901c, 1901d) to recognize and treat
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FD2CFBB4FCCE5E31" box="[751,863,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">nigerrima</emphasis>
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as a separate form. Later workers,
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,
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),
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da
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Ramos &amp; Ribeiro (1975)
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,
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,
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and
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Becker
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FB8DFB90FB115E5C" box="[1102,1152,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">et al</emphasis>
. (2020)
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, only recognized the nominotypical form, perhaps because they considered
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FCEEFBCCFC0C5E79" box="[813,925,1123,1148]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">nigerrima</emphasis>
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to merely be a morphological variant. These authors were, of course, with the possible exception of Becker
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FC9EFB28FC1E5EA4" box="[861,911,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">et al</emphasis>
., unaware that
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA420A26FBFFFB28FAFD5EA4" author="Harbach, R. E. &amp; Howard, T. M." box="[1084,1388,1159,1185]" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" pagination="35 - 48" refId="ref158836" refString="Harbach, R. E. &amp; Howard, T. M. (2007) Corrections in the status and rank of names used to denote varietal forms of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa, 1542 (1), 35 - 48. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1542.1.3" type="journal article" year="2007">Harbach &amp; Howard (2007)</bibRefCitation>
had raised
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FF20FB04FEC25EC1" box="[227,339,1195,1220]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">nigerrima</emphasis>
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to subspecific rank based on provisions of the
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FCB7FB04FA045EC0" box="[884,1429,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">International Code of Zoological Nomenclature</emphasis>
: “Despite Edwards (1913a) apparent reluctance to treat
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FCCCFB60FCEE5EED" box="[783,895,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">nigerrima</emphasis>
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as a variety, implying that it should perhaps be regarded as an infrasubspecific entity, it is deemed to have subspecific rank because it was adopted (originally) as the valid name of a species before 1985 (Article 45.6.4.1).” In the absence of concrete morphological differentiation and evidence of geographical isolation, we believe that the action taken by Harbach &amp; Howard, based merely on provisions of the
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FE98FAF0FE075F7C" box="[347,406,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Code</emphasis>
, was ill-considered. Of course
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FD36FAF0FCF45F7D" box="[757,869,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">nigerrima</emphasis>
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could possibly be a separate species, but until this is conclusively proven, based on comparative morphological study of all life stages and molecular assessment, we believe it is prudent to consign
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FE3CFA08FDFE5FC5" box="[511,623,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">nigerrima</emphasis>
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to synonymy:
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FCD8FA08FCB85FE1" bold="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA420A26FCD8FA08FBC15FC5" authority="Theobald, 1910" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1910" box="[795,1104,1446,1473]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Mansonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigerrima">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FCD8FA08FC1F5FC4" bold="true" box="[795,910,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">nigerrima</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA420A26FC55FA08FBC15FC5" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[918,1104,1446,1473]" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" refId="ref182172" refString="Theobald, F. V. (1910) A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes. Vol. 5. British Museum (Natural History), London, xiv + (1) + 646 pp., 6 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 58067" type="book" year="1910">Theobald, 1910</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, junior subjective synonym of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FF76FA64FEBB5FE0" bold="true" box="[181,298,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mansonia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FEFAFA65FE4A5FE0" bold="true" box="[313,475,1482,1509]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mansonioides</emphasis>
)
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(
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)
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
. Consequently,
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FC1FFA64FB535FE1" box="[988,1218,1483,1508]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mansonia nigerrima</emphasis>
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should be removed from the species of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FEB7FA40FE755C0D" box="[372,484,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mansonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
listed in the Encyclopedia of Life.
</paragraph>
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As indicated above, contrary to
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Wilkerson
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FD5CF9BCFD5F5C28" box="[671,718,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">et al</emphasis>
. (2021)
</bibRefCitation>
,
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FCF1F9BCFC365C29" box="[818,935,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mn. major</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA420A26FC6FF9BCFBF75C28" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[940,1126,1555,1581]" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" refId="ref181601" refString="Theobald, F. V. (1903 a) A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes. Vol. 3. British Museum (Natural History), London, xvii + 1 (errata) + 359 pp., foldout table, 17 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 58067" type="book" year="1903">Theobald, 1903a</bibRefCitation>
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was synonymized with
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FAB3F9BCFF675C54" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mn. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA420A26FEE3F998FE735C54" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[288,482,1591,1617]" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" pagination="47 - 59" refId="ref153219" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1913 a) Further notes on African Culicidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 4 (1), 47 - 59. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300016941" type="journal article" year="1913">Edwards (1913a)</bibRefCitation>
, not
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA420A26FDDAF998FD4A5C54" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[537,731,1591,1617]" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" refId="ref154128" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1932 a) Genera Insectorum. Diptera, Fam. Culicidae. Fascicle 194. V. Verteneuil &amp; L. Desmet, Bruxelles [Brussels], 258 pp., 5 pls." type="book" year="1932">Edwards (1932a)</bibRefCitation>
, who stated that “
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FC67F998FB9D5C55" box="[932,1036,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described from a flattened, but typical female specimen [of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FE12F9F4FD4F5C70" box="[465,734,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mansonioides africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
].” There is no reason to doubt this synonymy, and it is retained, along with
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FED6F9D0FE295C9D" box="[277,440,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mn. nigerrima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as a synonym of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA420A26FD47F9D0FC865C9C" box="[644,791,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Mn. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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