Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) richiardii ( Ficalbi, 1889 ), 2000

Kirik, Heli, Tummeleht, Lea & Kurina, Olavi, 2022, Rediscovering the mosquito fauna (Diptera: Culicidae) of Estonia: an annotated checklist with distribution maps and DNA evidence, Zootaxa 5094 (2), pp. 261-287 : 271-272

25. Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) richiardii ( Ficalbi, 1889)

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Published sources: Remm (1957: 152, as Mansonia richiardii ), Burtin (2014: 38), Kirik et al. (2021: 11).

Voucher material: 1♀, Undi (58° 29′ 44″ N, 26° 54′ 00″ E), 16–17.VIII.2015, L. Tummeleht leg., H. Kirik det., Mosquito Magnet trap, IZBE0210224 , GenBank: OK465174 ; 1♀, Undi (58° 29′ 44″ N, 26° 54′ 00″ E), 16– 17.VIII.2015, L. Tummeleht leg., H. Kirik det., Mosquito Magnet trap, IZBE0210225 , GenBank: OK465175 ; 1♂, Tartu (58° 23′ 20″ N, 26° 42′ 52″ E), 31.VII.2017, H. Kirik leg., H. Kirik det., sweep net, IZBE0210251 .

Comment: 787 mosquitoes (3.2% of all specimens collected) were identified as Cq. richiardii . This species is common in the country and specimens have been found from June to October, with a peak of activity in July.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Maps showing the historic and current collection points of individual mosquito species in Estonia. A, Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus; B, Aedes (Ochlerotatus) riparius; C, Anopheles (Anopheles) algeriensis; D, Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger; E, Anopheles maculipennis complex; F, Anopheles (Anopheles) plumbeus; G, Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) richiardii; H, Culex pipiens complex.. For details, see Fig. 2.