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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFF54FF38FD8E5AB4" ID-CoL="8BMPQ" authority="Edwards" authorityName="" (Edwards" authorityYear="1941" box="[151,543,151,178]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weschei" subGenus="Culex">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFF54FF38FD8E5AB4" bold="true" box="[151,543,151,178]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFF54FF38FF4E5AB7" bold="true" box="[151,223,151,178]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Culex</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFF33FF38FEA95AB7" bold="true" box="[240,312,151,178]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Culex</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFE8AFF38FE395AB7" bold="true" box="[329,424,151,178]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">weschei</emphasis>
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Edwards
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subspecies
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFECAFF74FEF85AF6" bold="true" box="[265,361,219,243]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">gediensis</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFEACFF73FD955AF1" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[367,516,220,244]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" refId="ref154310" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1941) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region III. - Culicine adults and pupae. Printed by order of the Trustees, British Museum (Natural History), London, viii + 499 pp." type="book" year="1941">Edwards, 1941</bibRefCitation>
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—original combination:
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFCC3FF73FCAA5AF1" box="[768,827,220,244]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Culex</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFC89FF73FC145AF1" box="[842,901,220,244]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Culex</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFC50FF73FC725AF1" box="[915,995,220,244]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">weschei</emphasis>
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ssp.
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFBD5FF73FBE55AF1" box="[1046,1140,220,244]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">gediensis</emphasis>
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. Distribution: Coastal
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFA99FF73FA0D5AF1" box="[1370,1436,220,244]" name="Kenya" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFF0DFF55FEF45B17" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[206,357,250,274]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" refId="ref154310" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1941) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region III. - Culicine adults and pupae. Printed by order of the Trustees, British Museum (Natural History), London, viii + 499 pp." type="book" year="1941">Edwards 1941</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFEACFF54FDF85B17" author="van Someren, E. C. C. & Teesdale, C. & Furlong, M." box="[367,617,250,274]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" pagination="463 - 493" refId="ref183683" refString="van Someren, E. C. C., Teesdale, C. & Furlong, M. (1955) The mosquitoes of the Kenya coast; records of occurrence, behaviour and habitat. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 46 (3), 463 - 493. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300039481" type="journal article" year="1955">
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van Someren
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFE39FF54FDB65B17" box="[506,551,250,274]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">et al</emphasis>
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. 1955
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA6E0A0AFF54FEB6FCA95B6B" blockId="93.[151,1436,219,367]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
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subspecies
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFEC9FEB7FE665B34" ID-CoL="8BMPQ" authority="Edwards, 1935" authorityName="" (Edwards" authorityYear="1941" box="[266,503,280,305]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weschei">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFEC9FEB7FECD5B35" bold="true" box="[266,348,280,304]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">weschei</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFEA1FEB6FE665B34" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[354,503,281,305]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" pagination="127 - 136" refId="ref154211" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1935) Mosquito notes. - XII. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 26 (2), 127 - 136. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300038116" type="journal article" year="1935">Edwards, 1935</bibRefCitation>
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—original combination:
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFD36FEB6FC175B34" ID-CoL="8BMPQ" authorityName="" (Edwards" authorityYear="1941" box="[757,902,281,305]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weschei">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFD36FEB6FC175B34" box="[757,902,281,305]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Culex weschei</emphasis>
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. Distribution:
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFBD8FEB6FB345B35" box="[1051,1189,281,305]" name="Burkina Faso" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Burkina Faso</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFB73FEB6FA8D5B34" box="[1200,1308,281,305]" name="Cameroon" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFAE5FEB6FA0D5B34" box="[1318,1436,281,305]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Democratic</collectingCountry>
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Republic of the Congo,
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFE09FE97FD9E5B55" box="[458,527,312,336]" name="Ghana" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Ghana</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFDDFFE97FDF95B55" box="[540,616,312,336]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFDB5FE97FD635B55" box="[630,754,312,336]" name="Madagascar" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFCC3FE97FCA35B55" box="[768,818,312,336]" name="Serbia" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Mali</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFC82FE97FC585B55" box="[833,969,312,336]" name="Mozambique" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFC14FE97FBB75B55" box="[983,1062,312,336]" name="Nigeria" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFBF0FE97FB175B55" box="[1075,1158,312,336]" name="Senegal" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Senegal</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFB57FE97FA925B55" box="[1172,1283,312,336]" name="Seychelles" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Seychelles</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFAD2FE97FA085B55" box="[1297,1433,312,336]" name="South Sudan" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">South Sudan</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFF04FEF9FE985B6B" box="[199,265,342,366]" name="Sudan" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Sudan</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFED0FEF8FED65B6A" box="[275,327,343,367]" name="Togo" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Togo</collectingCountry>
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(
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Wilkerson
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFE07FEF8FE605B6B" box="[452,497,342,366]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">et al</emphasis>
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. 2021
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),
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFD86FEF9FD205B6B" box="[581,689,342,366]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFD7DFEF9FCBC5B6B" author="Jupp, P. G." box="[702,813,342,366]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" refId="ref161745" refString="Jupp, P. G. (1996) Mosquitoes of southern Africa: Culicinae and Toxorhynchitinae. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, 156 pp." type="book" year="1996">Jupp 1996</bibRefCitation>
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).
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As is the case of most species of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFDD7FE33FDC45BB3" box="[532,597,412,438]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Culex</emphasis>
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in the Afrotropical
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<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BA6E0A0AFCFBFE33FC1D5BB3" box="[824,908,412,438]" country="Iraq" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Region</collectingRegion>
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, knowledge of the morphology and bionomics of
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFF76FE6EFEAA5BDF" authorityName="" (Edwards" authorityYear="1941" box="[181,315,448,475]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weschei">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFF76FE6EFEAA5BDF" box="[181,315,448,475]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Cx. weschei</emphasis>
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is very scanty. The adult female and male and the fourth-instar larva of the
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form are known but they have not been studied in detail. The original description was based on the scaling of the legs and abdomen of adults that distinguished them from the adults of
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFD02FDA6FC6E5826" authority="Blanchard, 1905" authorityName="Blanchard" authorityYear="1905" box="[705,1023,520,547]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guiarti">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFD02FDA6FCAB5827" box="[705,826,521,547]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Cx. guiarti</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFC81FDA7FC6E5826" author="Blanchard, R." box="[834,1023,520,547]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" refId="ref145575" refString="Blanchard, R. (1905) Les moustiques, histoire naturelle et medicale. F. R. de Rudeval, Imprimeur-Editeur, Paris, xiii + 673 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 100899" type="book" year="1905">Blanchard, 1905</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Subspecies
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFB4DFDA7FB675827" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="1941" box="[1166,1270,520,546]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gediensis">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFB4DFDA7FB675827" box="[1166,1270,520,546]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">gediensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was described as a form that resembles the
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<typeStatus id="41098879BA6E0A0AFE27FD82FD855842" box="[484,532,557,583]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">type</typeStatus>
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form “closely in colouring and in structure of the ♂ terminalia [genitalia], but differs as follows: antenna of
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<specimenCount id="88B4FD52BA6E0A0AFE2AFDFEFE6F586E" box="[489,510,593,619]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
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with only 10 instead of 15 hairs [setae] in each whorl; propleura [antepronota] in both sexes with fewer setae (about
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<quantity id="594A9B3EBA6E0A0AFDE1FDDAFDCA588B" box="[546,603,628,655]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" unit="in" value="10.0">10 in</quantity>
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♂ and about
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<quantity id="594A9B3EBA6E0A0AFD30FDDBFC8F588B" box="[755,798,628,654]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.524" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" unit="in" value="6.0">6 in</quantity>
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<specimenCount id="88B4FD52BA6E0A0AFCE6FDDAFCAB588A" box="[805,826,629,655]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
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instead of about 20 and 15 respectively); sternopleura [mesokatepisterna] with fewer scales” (
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFD88FD37FD6158B6" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[587,752,664,691]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" refId="ref154310" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1941) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region III. - Culicine adults and pupae. Printed by order of the Trustees, British Museum (Natural History), London, viii + 499 pp." type="book" year="1941">Edwards 1941</bibRefCitation>
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). The mesokatepisternal scales are numerous in the
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<typeStatus id="41098879BA6E0A0AFAEAFD36FAC858B6" box="[1321,1369,665,691]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">type</typeStatus>
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form, with the upper and lower patches nearly joined (
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFD6CFD13FCC758D2" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[687,854,700,727]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" refId="ref154310" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1941) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region III. - Culicine adults and pupae. Printed by order of the Trustees, British Museum (Natural History), London, viii + 499 pp." type="book" year="1941">Edwards 1941</bibRefCitation>
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). The larva of
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFC34FD13FBCE58D3" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="1941" box="[1015,1119,700,726]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gediensis">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFC34FD13FBCE58D3" box="[1015,1119,700,726]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">gediensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is unknown. It is interesting to note that the larva of the
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<typeStatus id="41098879BA6E0A0AFE08FD4EFE6A58FE" box="[459,507,737,763]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">type</typeStatus>
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form illustrated as “
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFD22FD4FFCDB58FE" box="[737,842,736,763]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFD22FD4FFCB358FF" box="[737,802,736,762]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Culex</emphasis>
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sp.
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</taxonomicName>
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?” by
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFC4FFD4FFB3058FF" author="Macfie, J. W. S. & Ingram, A." box="[908,1185,736,763]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" pagination="1 - 18" refId="ref167055" refString="Macfie, J. W. S. & Ingram, A. (1916) New culicine larvae from the Gold Coast. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 7 (1), 1 - 18. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 000748530001703 X" type="journal article" year="1916">Macfie & Ingram (1916)</bibRefCitation>
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was recognized as the larva of
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFF35FCAAFEEC591B" authorityName="" (Edwards" authorityYear="1941" box="[246,381,772,799]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weschei">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFF35FCAAFEEC591B" box="[246,381,772,799]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Cx. weschei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFE6BFCABFDCE591A" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[424,607,772,799]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" refId="ref154310" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1941) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region III. - Culicine adults and pupae. Printed by order of the Trustees, British Museum (Natural History), London, viii + 499 pp." type="book" year="1941">Edwards (1941)</bibRefCitation>
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, but it was not described until
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFC78FCABFBFD591A" author="Hopkins, G. H. E." box="[955,1132,772,799]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" refId="ref160249" refString="Hopkins, G. H. E. (1952) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region I. - Larval bionomics of mosquitoes and taxonomy of culicine larvae. 2 nd Edition. British Museum (Natural History), London, viii + 355 pp." type="book" year="1952">Hopkins (1952)</bibRefCitation>
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included it, along with the illustrations of Macfie & Ingram, in his treatise on the larvae of the
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFC4DFC86FAB05947" box="[910,1313,808,835]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
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Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian
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<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BA6E0A0AFB11FC86FAB05947" box="[1234,1313,809,834]" country="Iraq" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Region</collectingRegion>
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</emphasis>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA6E0A0AFF04FCE3FC9A5E83" blockId="93.[151,1437,412,1159]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
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The
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<typeStatus id="41098879BA6E0A0AFF39FCE2FEBB5962" box="[250,298,845,871]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">type</typeStatus>
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form was originally described from
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFD0AFCE3FC835963" box="[713,786,844,870]" name="Ghana" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Ghana</collectingCountry>
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(as
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFC81FCE3FC555962" box="[834,964,844,871]" name="Ghana" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Gold Coast</collectingCountry>
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) and has been recorded from a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Subspecies
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFD53FCDFFD69598F" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="1941" box="[656,760,880,906]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gediensis">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFD53FCDFFD69598F" box="[656,760,880,906]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">gediensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was originally described (
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFBE7FCDFFB58598E" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[1060,1225,880,907]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" pagination="127 - 136" refId="ref154211" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1935) Mosquito notes. - XII. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 26 (2), 127 - 136. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300038116" type="journal article" year="1935">Edwards 1935</bibRefCitation>
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) and subsequently recorded (
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFECBFC3AFD8D59AA" author="van Someren, E. C. C. & Teesdale, C. & Furlong, M." box="[264,540,916,943]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" pagination="463 - 493" refId="ref183683" refString="van Someren, E. C. C., Teesdale, C. & Furlong, M. (1955) The mosquitoes of the Kenya coast; records of occurrence, behaviour and habitat. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 46 (3), 463 - 493. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300039481" type="journal article" year="1955">
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van Someren
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFE67FC3AFE4459AB" box="[420,469,916,942]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">et al</emphasis>
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. 1955
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</bibRefCitation>
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) from the coastal fringe of
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFC93FC3AFC0C59AA" box="[848,925,917,943]" name="Kenya" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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. It has not been found elsewhere and the
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<typeStatus id="41098879BA6E0A0AFAAFFC3AFA0D59AA" box="[1388,1436,917,943]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">type</typeStatus>
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form has not been recorded from inland areas of
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFD73FC16FD6D59D6" box="[688,764,953,979]" name="Kenya" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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, and except for
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFC69FC17FBA959D7" box="[938,1080,952,978]" name="South Sudan" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">South Sudan</collectingCountry>
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to the northwest, it has not been recorded from the adjoining countries of
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFD9EFC73FD2D59F3" box="[605,700,988,1014]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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(north),
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFCDEFC73FCE859F3" box="[797,889,988,1014]" name="Somalia" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Somalia</collectingCountry>
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(northeast),
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFBC7FC73FBF859F3" box="[1028,1129,988,1014]" name="Tanzania" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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(south) and
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA6E0A0AFB31FC73FAD859F3" box="[1266,1353,988,1014]" name="Uganda" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Uganda</collectingCountry>
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(west). In view of its apparent allopatric coastal distribution and the exceptional differences in the vestiture of the antenna, antepronotum and mesokatepisternum compared to the
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<typeStatus id="41098879BA6E0A0AFCC7FB8AFCA55E3A" box="[772,820,1061,1087]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">type</typeStatus>
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form, we conclude that
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFB87FB8BFB3D5E3B" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="1941" box="[1092,1196,1060,1086]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gediensis">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFB87FB8BFB3D5E3B" box="[1092,1196,1060,1086]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">gediensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is probably a distinct species and therefore formally afford it specific status:
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFD3FFBE7FB575E67" authority="Edwards, 1941" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="1941" box="[764,1222,1096,1123]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gediensis" subGenus="Culex">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFD3FFBE7FB575E67" bold="true" box="[764,1222,1096,1123]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFD3FFBE7FCD15E66" bold="true" box="[764,832,1096,1123]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Culex</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFC93FBE7FC055E66" bold="true" box="[848,916,1096,1123]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Culex</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFC67FBE7FB9F5E66" bold="true" box="[932,1038,1096,1123]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">gediensis</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA6E0A0AFBD6FBE6FB575E67" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[1045,1222,1096,1123]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" refId="ref154310" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1941) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region III. - Culicine adults and pupae. Printed by order of the Trustees, British Museum (Natural History), London, viii + 499 pp." type="book" year="1941">Edwards, 1941</bibRefCitation>
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</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA6E0A0AFB10FBE7FA125E67" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="1941" box="[1235,1411,1096,1122]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gediensis">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA6E0A0AFB10FBE7FA125E67" box="[1235,1411,1096,1122]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Culex gediensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is currently listed as a species in the Encyclopedia of Life.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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