Discovery of Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pionips Dyar, 1919 (Diptera, Culicidae) in Germany

By

Kuhlisch, Cornelius

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-8-25

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

18

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

897--906

Subjects

Distribution , first record , Morphology , Mosquito , Ore Mountains , peatland , rare

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/18.4.897

 

Abstract

A group of black-legged mosquito species within the subgenus Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891 of the genus Aedes Meigen, 1818 is difficult to identify based on their morphology. This group includes Aedes pionips Dyar, 1919, whose first record in the Erzgebirge (Germany) is reported in this study. The objective was to compile and add species specific characters for the morphological discrimination of Ae. pionips from similar mosquitoes in order to facilitate species identification. Generated cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene DNA sequences of Ae. pionips from Germany were compared to sequences from related species, using a phylogenetic tree.