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subspecies
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FED1FCB4FE105936" bold="true" box="[274,385,795,819]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">curtipalpis</emphasis>
(
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c)
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FC9AFCB4FB195936" box="[857,1160,795,819]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Lophoceratomyia curtipalpis</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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Wilkerson
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subspecies
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FECFFCF6FE195975" bold="true" box="[268,392,857,880]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">sumatranus</emphasis>
Brug, 1931
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(
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1980). Distribution:
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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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c) described
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from
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collected at Kuching Reservoir in
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,
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. His description did not mention or include an illustration of the male genitalia. Edwards (1928) added some details to his previous description, including a brief description of the genitalia and an illustration of the gonostylus. The larva and pupa were described by
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA520A36FE1AFB86FD675E46" author="Edwards, F. W. &amp; Given, D. H. C." box="[473,758,1065,1091]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" pagination="337 - 357" refId="ref154403" refString="Edwards, F. W. &amp; Given, D. H. C. (1928) The early stages of some Singapore mosquitos. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 18 (4), 337 - 357. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300020265" type="journal article" year="1928">Edwards &amp; Given (1928)</bibRefCitation>
based on association with reared adults. The male and larva were later described and illustrated in more detail by
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA520A36FD24FBE2FC1C5E6D" author="Colless, D. H." box="[743,909,1101,1128]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" pagination="261 - 307" refId="ref148668" refString="Colless, D. H. (1965) The genus Culex, subgenus Lophoceraomyia in Malaya (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 2 (3), 261 - 307. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 2.3.261" type="journal article" year="1965">Colless (1965)</bibRefCitation>
,
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and
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA520A36FB9EFBE2FAD15E62" author="Sirivanakarn, S." box="[1117,1344,1101,1127]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" pagination="1 - 245" refId="ref178587" refString="Sirivanakarn, S. (1977) Medical entomology studies - VI. A revision of the subgenus Lophoceraomyia of the genus Culex in the Oriental Region (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 13 (4), iii + 1 - 245." type="journal article" year="1977">Sirivanakarn (1977)</bibRefCitation>
, and the pupa was described by the last author.
</paragraph>
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Subspecies
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FE88FB39FE5F5EAA" box="[331,462,1174,1199]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">sumatranus</emphasis>
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was originally described by Brug (1931) as a species of the subgenus
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, described from a single male reared from a larva taken from a pitcher plant in the vicinity of Dermajoe, Benkoelen,
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. Brug illustrated the male genitalia and the head and terminal abdominal segments of the larval exuviae. The species was transferred to the subgenus
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FE3EFAAEFDF45F1E" box="[509,613,1281,1307]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Neoculex</emphasis>
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by
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, and this was accepted (see
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Stone
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. 1959
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) until Sirivanakarn (1971) recognized it as a species of the subgenus
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. It was later regarded as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FEF7FAE5FE4B5F66" box="[308,474,1353,1380]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Cx. curtipalpis</emphasis>
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by
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.
</paragraph>
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As revealed by
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, in a footnote on page 351, and discussed by
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, the larva described and illustrated by Brug (1931) was wrongly associated with the adult male, and adults reared from larvae collected in
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and elsewhere are identical with the larva of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FBC2FA1AFBEB5FCA" box="[1025,1146,1461,1487]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">curtipalpis</emphasis>
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described by
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. Sirivanakarn treated
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FDE9FA75FD3C5FF6" box="[554,685,1498,1523]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">sumatranus</emphasis>
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as a distinct species, but noted that “All stages of
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are exceedingly similar to and indistinguishable from
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FD07FA52FCAC5C12" box="[708,829,1533,1559]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">curtipalpis</emphasis>
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except for the male which differs from the latter rather strikingly in the absence of the modified tufts of the male antenna.” For clarity, unlike
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FB4AF98EFA935C3E" box="[1161,1282,1569,1595]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">curtipalpis</emphasis>
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, the flagellar whorls of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FED3F9E9FE025C5A" box="[272,403,1606,1631]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">sumatranus</emphasis>
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are weakly verticillate or comprised of relatively fewer long setae and tufts of modified setae/scales are absent on flagellomeres 59 or a rudimentary or inconspicuous tuft of four very short setae may be present on the mesal surface of flagellomere 7. Contrary to
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA520A36FCFBF922FB8A5CA2" author="Sirivanakarn, S." box="[824,1051,1677,1703]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" pagination="1 - 245" refId="ref178587" refString="Sirivanakarn, S. (1977) Medical entomology studies - VI. A revision of the subgenus Lophoceraomyia of the genus Culex in the Oriental Region (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 13 (4), iii + 1 - 245." type="journal article" year="1977">Sirivanakarn (1977)</bibRefCitation>
,
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considered this striking difference to be nothing more than interspecific variation.
</paragraph>
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In view of the poor illustration of the male genitalia of
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provided by Brug (1931), we decided it was important to examine the
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in the Natural History Museum, London. The dissected genitalia of the
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are poorly mounted on a microscope slide. The left gonocoxite seems to be positioned differently than indicated in Brugs illustration, and the gonostylus, which is tapered to the apex in the illustration, is expanded and strongly modified as illustrated by
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: fig. 29d),
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: fig. 22) and
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: fig. 69). The setae of the subapical lobe are inaccurately drawn, but the two setae proximal to setae
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are clearly present. Setae
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are more tapered and pointed than illustrated, and also tapered more distally than illustrated by Colless, Bram and Sirivanakarn for
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA520A36FE99F87EFE425DEE" box="[346,467,2001,2027]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">curtipalpis</emphasis>
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. Foliform seta
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is not shown in the drawing, but it probably was not seen by Brug because it is very faint and difficult to see even under differential interference contrast microscopy, which we used to examine the genitalia. Surprisingly, it is much longer and narrower than seta
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FBDCFF14FBBC5AD1" box="[1055,1069,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">g</emphasis>
shown in the illustrations of the genitalia of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FEDEFF70FE075AFC" box="[285,406,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">curtipalpis</emphasis>
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provided by Colless, Bram and Sirivanakarn, which is short and very broad, about as broad as long. It is likely that
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also did not see seta
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when he examined the
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of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FAD9FEACFA0C5B19" box="[1306,1437,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">sumatranus</emphasis>
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(he undoubtedly used traditional bright-field microscopy), otherwise he would have noted this obvious difference in his description of the species. These differences, along with the absence of modified tufts of setae or scales on the antennal flagellum, are a clear indication that
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FD03FEC0FCD25B8D" box="[704,835,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">sumatranus</emphasis>
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is a species distinct from
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FBA7FEC0FB4C5B8C" box="[1124,1245,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">curtipalpis</emphasis>
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. Based solely on the antennal characteristics, both forms have been found in areas of
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,
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(
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) and
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. Considering this apparent sympatry and the morphological distinctions exhibited by the adult male, we believe
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FF54FE74FE815BF0" box="[151,272,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">curtipalpis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FE8EFE74FE415BF1" box="[333,464,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">sumatranus</emphasis>
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are genetically distinct species and hereby reinstate the latter to its original specific status:
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FF25FE51FCB2581D" bold="true" box="[230,803,510,537]" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FF25FE51FEBB581C" bold="true" box="[230,298,510,537]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">Culex</emphasis>
(
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)
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Brug, 1931
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.
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FCF1FE50FC6F581D" box="[818,1022,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">Culex sumatranus</emphasis>
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is currently listed as a species in the Encyclopedia of Life.
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA510A35FF04FDE8FE075865" authorityName="Brug" authorityYear="1931" box="[199,406,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="98" pageNumber="99" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sumatranus">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FF04FDE8FE075865" box="[199,406,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">Culex sumatranus</emphasis>
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has a single synonym,
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA510A35FD69FDE8FB625864" authority="Chang, Zhao, Hang &amp; Chen, 1975" authorityName="Chang, Zhao, Hang &amp; Chen" authorityYear="1975" box="[682,1267,582,609]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="98" pageNumber="99" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gudouensis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FD69FDE8FCC85864" box="[682,857,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">Cx. gudouensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA510A35FCA0FDE8FB625864" author="Chang, H. - T. &amp; Zhao, S. X. &amp; Hang, B. - X. &amp; Chen, S. - F." box="[867,1267,582,609]" pageId="98" pageNumber="99" pagination="338 - 340" refId="ref147745" refString="Chang, H. - T., Zhao, S. X., Hang, B. - X. &amp; Chen, S. - F. (1975) A new species of Culex. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 18 (3), 338 - 340. [in Chinese]" type="journal article" year="1975">Chang, Zhao, Hang &amp; Chen, 1975</bibRefCitation>
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(
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locality: Xin-hui Shien, Kwangtung Province,
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), which was synonymized with
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FB37FDC4FAE65881" box="[1268,1399,619,644]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">sumatranus</emphasis>
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by
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. The illustration of the subapical lobe of
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provided by
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Chang
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FB35FD20FAB958AC" box="[1270,1320,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">et al</emphasis>
. (1975)
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is very poor. There is no indication of seta
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FD9EFD1CFDFA58C9" box="[605,619,691,716]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">g</emphasis>
, but Meng &amp; Chen examined the
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specimens and noted the presence of a “broad leaf” that was “ignored in the original description” (translated from the Chinese). This does not clearly indicate, however, whether seta
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FDC5FD54FD855911" box="[518,532,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">g</emphasis>
is like that of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FD7EFD54FCF45910" box="[701,869,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">Cx. curtipalpis</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FC4DFD54FBD15911" box="[910,1088,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">Cx. sumatranus</emphasis>
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, but Meng &amp; Chen also noted that a tuft of specialized short setae was present only on the seventh flagellomere of the antenna, and used this as the primary character to support the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FD11FCECFCEF5958" box="[722,894,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">Cx. gudouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Unless other information becomes available to indicate otherwise,
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FEB1FCC8FD8C5984" box="[370,541,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">Cx. gudouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
should continue to be recognized as junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA510A35FB52FCC8FAD05985" box="[1169,1345,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="98" pageNumber="99">Cx. sumatranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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