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- ↑ "Species Details : Aedes pseudotaeniatus (Giles, 1901)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ↑ "pseudotaeniatus (Giles)". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ↑ "DESCRIPTION OF THE PUPA OF AEDES PSEUDOTAENIATUS (GILES) (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)I" (PDF). Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. Retrieved 1 February 2017.