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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1175-5326
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21.
Anopheles
(
Anopheles
)
claviger
(
Meigen, 1804
)
(
Fig. 4D
)
Published sources:
Remm (1957: 150
, as
Anopheles bifurcatus
Linnaeus, 1758
),
Burtin (2014: 35)
,
Kirik
et al
. (2021: 11)
.
Voucher material:
1♀
,
Ülenurme
(
58° 19′ 3″ N
,
26° 43′ 23″ E
),
14–17.VIII.2020
,
H. Kirik
leg.,
H. Kirik
det.,
Mosquito Magnet
trap
,
IZBE0210219
,
GenBank
:
OK465168
;
1♀
,
Undi
(
58° 29′ 44″ N
,
26° 54′ 00″ E
),
15– 16.VIII.2016
,
L. Tummeleht
leg.,
H. Kirik
det.,
Mosquito Magnet
trap
,
IZBE0210220
,
GenBank
:
OK465169
;
1♂
,
Tartu
(
58° 23′ 24″ N
,
26° 42′ 55″ E
),
03.IX.2013
,
V
.
Burtin
leg.,
V
.
Burtin
det.,
sweep net
,
IZBE0210007
.
Comment:
1,038 mosquitoes (4.3% of all specimens collected) were identified as
An. claviger
. This species is abundant in
Estonia
, especially during August, but some individuals can be found from May to October.
Anopheles claviger
was the most common anopheline mosquito in this study.