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The subfamily Culicinae contains 30 genera of mosquitoes, of which the medically important ones are Culex, Aedes, Mansonia, Sabethes, Haemagogus and Psorophora. The most important vector species include Aedes aegypti, Ae. africanus, Ae. simpsoni, Ae. albopictus the Ae. scutellaris group, Culex pipiens fatigans*( = C. quinquefaciatus), C. tritaeniorhynchus, Mansonia uniformis, M. dives, M. bonneae and Haemagogus spegazzinii falco ( = H. janthinomys).
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Service, M.W. (1980). Culicine mosquitoes (Order Diptera: Family Culicidae, Subfamily Culicinae). In: A Guide to Medical Entomology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16334-2_6
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