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 text Zootaxa 2022 2022-02-03 5094 2 261 287 journal article 20788 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.3 9f61afca-6905-40a6-9dfd-d0d05e940641 1175-5326 5965149 5E46B86A-1E84-4302-A82D-7D9BB94CB758 1. Aedes ( Aedes ) cinereus Meigen, 1818 ( Fig. 2A ) Published sources: Remm (1957: 156) , Burtin (2014: 33) , Khalin et al . (2020: 61) , Kirik et al . (2021: 11) . Voucher material: 1♀ , Tartu ( 58° 21′ 26″ N , 26° 42′ 60″ E ), 14. VI .2017, T . Kesküla leg., H. Kirik det., sweep net , IZBE0210180 ; 1♂ , Tartu ( 58° 21′ 23″ N , 26° 44′ 31″ E ), 24.IX.2017 , T . Kesküla leg., H. Kirik det., sweep net , IZBE0210247 ; 1♀ , Tartu ( 58° 23′ 24″ N , 26° 42′ 55″ E ), 14.IX.2016 , H. Kirik leg., H. Kirik det., sweep net , IZBE0210181 , GenBank : OK465139 . Comment: 1,436 mosquitoes (5.9% of all specimens collected) were identified as Ae. cinereus . This species is abundant in Estonia and can be found almost everywhere from June to September. Also, Ae. cinereus can be numerous at times, especially towards the end of the summer, based on the data of the present study. It should be noted that adult females are difficult to differentiate from the closely related Ae. geminus based on morphology alone; thus, specimens of Ae. geminus could also be among the specimens of Ae. cinereus collected during the study.