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Sandflies and mosquitoes

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More links and websites

Exotic and endemic mosquitoes in New Zealand as potential arbovirus vectors

A 1996 Ministry of Health paper on the potential for mosquitoes in New Zealand to carry and transmit viral diseases (PDF, 297 KB).
Key to mosquitoes of New Zealand

Landcare Research’s key to identifying New Zealand mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes and mosquito repellents: a clinician's guide

A 1998 paper from the Annals of Internal Medicine outlining research on mosquito repellents.
Sandflies (blackflies)

Information from Landcare Research on New Zealand’s sandflies.

More suggestions and sources

Belkin, John. Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). VII. The Culicidae of New Zealand. Ann Arbor: American Entomological Institute,1968.
Laird, Marshall. New Zealand’s mosquito fauna in 1995: history and status. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 1996.
Orr, Marjorie. Those sandflies. Whatamango Bay: Cape Catley, 1996.

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