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References
- ↑ "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "rutherfordi Edwards". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 31 January 2017.