Aedes nigrinus (Eckstein, 1918) (Diptera, Culicidae), a new country record for England, contrasted with Aedes sticticus (Meigen, 1838)

By

Harbach, Ralph
Dallimore, Thom
Briscoe, Andrew
Culverwell, C. Lorna
Vaux, Alexander G.C.
Medlock, Jolyon M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

671

Pages

119-130

Subjects

adults , bionomics , country records , Diagnosis , Identification , Larvae , male genitalia , Pupae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.671.12477

 

Abstract

We report the discovery of Aedes nigrinus (Eckstein, 1918) in the New Forest of southern England, bringing to 36 the number of mosquito species recorded in Britain. Because it seems that this species has been misidentified previously in Britain as the morphologically similar Aedes sticticus (Meigen, 1838), the two species are contrasted and distinguished based on distinctive differences exhibited in the adult and larval stages. The pupa of Ae. nigrinus is unknown, but the pupa of Ae. sticticus is distinguished from the pupae of other species of Aedes by modification of the most recent key to British mosquitoes. The history of the mosquito fauna recorded in the UK is summarized and bionomical information is provided for the two species.