Mosquito Key 
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1a. Palps as long as proboscis |
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Anopheles annulipes |
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1b. Proboscis curved |
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Toxorhynchites speciosus |
| 1c. Palps 2/3 length of proboscis (large yellow and brown mottled mosquito); |
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Aedes alternans |
| 1d. Palps less than 1/3 length of proboscis; |
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Go to 2a |
| 2a. Tarsi distinctly banded; |
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Go to 3a |
| 2b. Tarsi without distinct bands; |
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| 3a. Proboscis with a complete white ring on middle third; |
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Go to 4a |
| 3b. Proboscis otherwise; |
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| 4a. Scutum with a silvery lyre-shaped pattern; |
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Aedes notoscriptus |
| 4b. Scutum plain and dark; | Culex annulirostris | |
| 5a. Hind first tarsal segment with two pale bands (orange/brown mottled mosquito); |
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Mansonia uniformis |
| 5b. Hind first tarsal segment dark with a white basal ring; |
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Go to 6a |
| 5c. Hind first tarsal segment largely pale, with apex dark; |
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Go to 7a |
| 6a. Wing with extensive mottling of large white and dark scales; |
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Aedes theobaldi |
| 6b. Wing with few white scales; | Aedes vigilax | |
| 7a. Scutum pale with four sharply defined stripes (large mosquito); |
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Aedes vittiger |
| 7b. Scutum not striped; | Aedes camptorhynchus | |
| 8a. White bands on tergites constricted laterally; |
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Go to 9a |
| 8b. White bands on tergites not constricted laterally (light golden mosquito); |
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Culex molestus |
| 8c. Scutum dark with longitudinal lines of pale scales; |
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Coquillettidia linealis |
| 9a. Sternites pale with large black central patch; |
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Culex australicus |
| 9b. Sternites pale without large black central patches. |
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Culex quinquefasciatus |
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