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- ↑ "A synopsis of the Philippine mosquitoes" (PDF). svn.mpl.ird.fr. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ↑ "Species Details : Hodgesia malayi Leicester, 1908". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ↑ "bailyi Barraud". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 2 February 2017.