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The Mosquitos of Aitutaki, southern Cook Islands1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Marshall Laird
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Aëdes (Stegomyia) polynesiensis Marks, Culex (Culex) pipiens fatigans Wiede-mann and Culex annulirostris Skuse were collected at Aitutaki, Southern Cook Islands, during a brief visit in 1958. Possible means of introduction of these mosquitos are discussed.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , September 1954 , pp. 423 - 427
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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