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Author: Falleroni 1926:564 (E*; claviger var.). [Pontine Marshes, Latium], Italy (LU) Distribution Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom Synonyms None Bionomics Larvae are characteristically found in great inland river valleys and large marshes. This species rarely bites man and is associated with malaria only in a few places where a rather dense human population lives in close association with large marshy areas (Bates in Boyd 1949) Medical Importance The species rarely bites man and is associated with malaria only in a few places where a rather dense human population lives in close association with large marshy areas (parts of Hungary, and Lake Malik in Albania) (Bates in Boyd 1949). Additional References Bates 1940:353 (to sp. status). Aitken 1945:308 (?= lewisi). La Face, in Boyd 1949:439 (E*). Rioux 1958:102 (tax.). Ulmanen and Brummer-Korvenkontio 1971:43 (A, E*; Finland). Ramsdale and Snow 2000:7 (distr.)

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