Updated checklist of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Croatia |
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| Authors: | Enrih Merdi&#x; Ana Klobu
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itko Mirta Sudari&#x; Bogojevi&#x; Ivana Vru&#x;ina Nata&#x;a Turi&#x; Goran Vignjevi&#x; |
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| Institution: | Enrih Merdić,Ana Klobučar,Toni Žitko,Mirta Sudarić Bogojević,Ivana Vrućina,Nataša Turić,Goran Vignjević |
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| Abstract: | Improvement of morphological and molecular identification methods allows the detection of new species of mosquitoes. The mosquito fauna of Croatia currently includes 52 species, belonging to eight genera, including Anopheles (12 species), Aedes (24 species), Coquillettidia (one species), Culex (seven species), Culiseta (six species), Orthopodomyia (one species), and Uranotaenia (one species). This is an updated checklist, which includes five new species found in Croatian mosquito fauna. Two of these are invasive mosquito species, Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1895) and Aedes japonicus (Theobald 1901), which are spreading across Europe and Croatia. The other three species, Culex laticinctus (Edwards 1913), Culex torrentium (Martini 1925), and Anopheles daciae (Linton, Nicolescu & Harbach 2004) are autochthonous species which haven't been recorded so far. Since there are several more invasive species spreading across Europe, we assume that this is not the final list. |
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| Keywords: | Checklist mosquitoes Culicidae Croatia Europe invasive species |
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