Rediscovering the mosquito fauna (Diptera: Culicidae) of Estonia: an annotated checklist with distribution maps and DNA evidence
Author
Kirik, Heli
0000-0002-5654-4045
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Inst of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwaldi 5 D, 51006 Tartu, Estonia & hekirik @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5654 - 4045
hekirik@gmail.com
Author
Tummeleht, Lea
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Inst of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwaldi 62, 51006 Tartu, Estonia
Author
Kurina, Olavi
0000-0002-4858-4629
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Inst of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwaldi 5 D, 51006 Tartu, Estonia & olavi. kurina @ emu. ee; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4858 - 4629
olavi.kurina@emu.ee
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-02-03
5094
2
261
287
journal article
20788
10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.3
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12.
Aedes
(
Ochlerotatus
)
flavescens
(
Müller, 1764
)
(
Fig. 3C
)
Published sources:
Remm (1957: 153)
,
Burtin (2014: 46)
,
Kirik
et al
. (2021: 11)
.
Voucher material:
1♀
,
Undi
(
58° 29′ 44″ N
,
26° 54′ 00″ E
), 15–16.VIII.08.2016,
L. Tummeleht
leg.,
H. Kirik
det.,
Mosquito Magnet
trap
,
IZBE0210198
,
GenBank
:
OK465151
;
1♀
,
Marja
(
58° 23′ 10″ N
,
26° 42′ 39″ E
),
14– 15.VI.2016
,
O. Kurina
leg.,
H. Kirik
det.,
Mosquito Magnet
trap
,
IZBE0210199
,
GenBank
:
OK465152
;
1♀
,
Marja
(
58° 23′ 10″ N
,
26° 42′ 39″ E
),
19–21.VI.2015
,
O. Kurina
leg.,
H. Kirik
det.,
Mosquito Magnet
trap
,
IZBE0210200
,
GenBank
:
OK465153
.
Comment:
77 mosquitoes (0.3% of all specimens collected) were identified as
Ae.
flavescens
. This species seems to be rare in
Estonia
, but specimens can be found throughout the warm season, from May to October. It is slightly more numerous in May.