Culex stigmatasoma is a mosquito species that appears in Southern California, Oregon, and Texas. It is a confirmed

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of West Nile virus.Sandhu TS, Williams GA, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Evaluation of arboviral activity at Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District, Riverside County, California during 2008. Proc and Papers of the Mosq and Vector Control Assoc of Calif, vol 77, 2009. p. 108-15.

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stigmatosoma Insects of the United States Insects described in 1907 Fauna of California {{Culicidae-stub