Culiseta novaezealandiae is a species of mosquito.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3] It is found in Southland[4] and Otago.[1] This species was first described by J. S. Pillai in 1966 using specimens collected at Tahakopa.[1] The habitat of this species in its larval stage is coastal broadleaf swamp.[4] It has been hypothesised that the hosts of C. novaezealandiae are birds.[4] This mosquito species is regarded as being unlikely to be an arbovirus vector.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culiseta |
| Species: | C. novaezealandiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Culiseta novaezealandiae Pillai, 1966[1]
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References
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- ^ a b c Pillai, J. S. (1966). "Culiseta novaezealandiae, a new species of the subgenus Climacura Felt (Diptera, Culicidae: Culisetini), with notes on its ecology and development". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology. 8 (11): 125–133.
- ^ "Culiseta novaezealandiae Pillai, 1966". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Culiseta species". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ a b c Holder, Peter; Browne, G.; Bullians, M. (1999). "The mosquitoes of New Zealand and their animal disease significance" (PDF). Surveillance. 26: 12–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Weinstein, Philip; Laird, Marshall; Browne, Gene N. (1997). Exotic and endemic mosquitoes in New Zealand as potential arbovirus vectors (PDF). Wellington: Ministry of Health. p. 16.