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Issue: Vol. 5679 No. 1: 12 Aug. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-08-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.10
Page range: 148-150
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Another correction: Egregious misidentification of a native Indian species of Aedes as the North American Aedes infirmatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Department of Science; Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; London SW7 5BD; UK
Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory; University of Florida; Vero Beach; Florida; USA
Diptera Culicidae Aedes infirmatus

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How to Cite

Harbach, R.E. & Burkett-Cadena, N.D. (2025) Another correction: Egregious misidentification of a native Indian species of Aedes as the North American Aedes infirmatus (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa, 5679 (1), 148–150. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.10