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tigripes (de Grandpre & de Charmoy)

1900(1901):6 (M, F).
Type-loc: Mauritius (MNHP)

Additional References:

Macfie and Ingram 1922: [F*].
Edwards 1941:247 (M*, F*; tax.), 409 (P*).
Hopkins 1952:249 (L*).
Jackson 1953:153 (feeding habits).
Rodhain et al. 1977:279 (distr.).
Townsend 1990:142 (2 syntypes: BM).
Jupp 1996 (M*, F*; key)
Toto et al. 2003: 344 (distr., Equatorial Guinea).
Tanaka 2003: 159 (Generic transfer from Culex).
Ahmed et al 2011: (distr. Saudi Arabia).

Synonyms:

syn. bimaculata Theobald
syn. fusca Theobald
syn. maculicrures Theobald
syn. mombasaensis Theobald
syn. sierraleonis Theobald

Distribution:

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar (includes Glorioso & Juan De NovaIs), Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Reunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan and South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda