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
9f61afca-6905-40a6-9dfd-d0d05e940641
1175-5326
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5E46B86A-1E84-4302-A82D-7D9BB94CB758
Aedes
(
Ochlerotatus
)
pullatus
(
Coquillett, 1904
)
Published source:
Kirik
et al
. (2021: 11)
.
Voucher material:
None.
Comment:
Mosquitoes with morphological characteristics most similar to
Ae.
pullatus
were found during the study, but DNA barcoding identified them as
Ae.
communis
. These specimens had scales on the hypostigmal area of the thorax, which is unusual for
Ae.
communis
.
Aedes pullatus
has been previously reported from
Lithuania
(
Pakalniškis
et al.
2000
), provinces in northwestern
Russia
adjacent to
Estonia
(
Khalin & Aibulatov 2020
),
Finland
(
Culverwell 2018
;
Culverwell
et al
. 2021
) and
Sweden
(
Lundström
et al.
2013
). However, the occurrence of this species in
Estonia
remains uncertain.