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IN 1952–54, during studies of South Pacific mosquitoes and the ecology of their larval habitats, Culex (Culex) pipiens fatigans Wiedemann was recorded from numerous localities1. At that time, C. pipiens australicus Dobrotworsky and Drummond2 was known only from Australia. However, this subspecies has since been reported from New Caledonia3 and the New Hebrides4, although the latter record is queried in a recent review5. Furthermore, another member of Edward's Culex pipiens series, C. iyengari Mattingly and Rageau, has now been described from the Loyalties and New Caledonia6.
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LAIRD, M. Members of the Culex pipiens Series in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides. Nature 190, 1221–1222 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1901221a0
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