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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28.
Culex
(
Neoculex
)
territans
Walker, 1856
(
Fig. 5A
)
Published sources:
Remm (1957: 157
, as
Culex apicalis
Adams, 1903
),
Burtin (2014: 41)
,
Kirik
et al
. (2021: 11)
.
Voucher material:
1♀
,
Tartu
(
58° 22′ 52″ N
,
26° 42′ 49″ E
),
08.IX.2016
,
H. Kirik
leg.,
H. Kirik
det.,
sweep net
,
IZBE0210230
,
GenBank
:
OK465180
;
1♂
,
Tartu
(
58° 22′ 17″ N
,
26° 41′ 58″ E
),
20.IX.2016
,
H. Kirik
leg.,
H. Kirik
det.,
sweep net
,
IZBE0210250
.
Comment:
50 mosquitoes (0.2% of all specimens collected) were identified as
Cx. territans
, making it the least common
Culex
species
in
Estonia
.
Culex territans
was collected from July to October. This species is likely more common than the results of this fieldwork indicate, and their very low numbers are expected to be because of collection bias.