Published February 3, 2022 | Version v1
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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) annulipes

  • 1. 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
  • 2. Estonian University of Life Sciences, Inst of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwaldi 62, 51006 Tartu, Estonia
  • 3. 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

Description

3. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) annulipes (Meigen, 1830)

(Fig. 2C)

Published sources: Remm (1957: 154), Burtin (2014: 43), Kirik et al. (2021: 11, as part of the Aedes (Ochlerotatus) annulipes group).

Voucher material: 1♀, Mändjala (58° 12′ 56″ N, 22° 19′ 56″ E), 16.VI.2015, L. Tummeleht leg., H. Kirik det., Mosquito Magnet trap, IZBE0210241, GenBank: OK465167; 1♂, Omedu (58° 45′ 09″ N, 27° 02′ 23″ E), 06.VI.2015, O. Kurina leg., O. Kurina det., sweep net, IZBE021218.

Comment: Aedes annulipes belongs to the Ae. annulipes group, along with Ae. cantans (Meigen, 1818), Ae. cyprius Ludlow, 1920, Ae. euedes Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1913, Ae. excrucians (Walker, 1956), Ae. flavescens (Müller, 1764), Ae. riparius Dyar & Knab, 1907, etc. (Becker et al. 2020). Aedes annulipes can be morphologically distinguished from others species of the group, but this can be difficult when it comes to adult females. This is because of the variability in their morphological traits as well as inconclusive DNA evidence, making species identification time and resource extensive. For the purposes of this study, mosquitoes with morphology similar to Ae. annulipes were designated as specimens of the Ae. annulipes group. In total, 2,091 individuals (8.6% of all specimens collected) were identified as simply belonging to the group. These mosquitoes were active from May to October, but were most numerous in June. Two specimens, which corresponded well to both the morphological description of Ae. annulipes and the partial COI sequences found in online databases, were chosen as the local voucher specimens.

Notes

Published as part of Kirik, Heli, Tummeleht, Lea & Kurina, Olavi, 2022, Rediscovering the mosquito fauna (Diptera: Culicidae) of Estonia: an annotated checklist with distribution maps and DNA evidence, pp. 261-287 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 265, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5965149

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IZBE
Material sample ID
IZBE0210241 , IZBE021218
Event date
2015-06-06 , 2015-06-16
Verbatim event date
2015-06-06 , 2015-06-16
Scientific name authorship
Meigen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Culicidae
Genus
Aedes
Species
annulipes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) annulipes (Meigen, 1830) sec. Kirik, Tummeleht & Kurina, 2022

References

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  • Remm, H. (1957) On the fauna and ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of Estonian SSR [in Russian]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 36, 148 - 160.
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