Aedes (Ochlerotatus) leucomelas ( Meigen, 1804 )

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 : 269

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5E46B86A-1E84-4302-A82D-7D9BB94CB758
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6301564
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03865764-0D36-CB0F-2D93-FE21FA70FCFF
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Aedes (Ochlerotatus) leucomelas ( Meigen, 1804 )
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15. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) leucomelas ( Meigen, 1804) View in CoL

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Published sources: Remm (1957: 154), Kirik et al. (2021: 11).

Voucher material: 1♀, Tõrve (58° 37′ 32″ N, 26° 23′ 24″ E), 26–29.V.2018, H. Kirik leg., H. Kirik det., Mos- quito Magnet trap, IZBE0210207 View Materials , GenBank: OK465159 View Materials GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Tartu (58° 21′ 26″ N, 26° 42′ 60″ E), 14.06.201 7, T. Kesküla leg., H. Kirik det., sweep net, IZBE0210208 View Materials , GenBank: OK465160 View Materials GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Tartu (58° 21′ 36″ N, 26° 43′ 56″ E), 19.VI.2017, T. Kesküla leg., H. Kirik det., sweep net, IZBE0210209 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Comment: 211 mosquitoes (0.9% of all specimens collected) were identified as Ae. leucomelas . This species seems to be uncommon in Estonia, much less common than the closely related Ae. cataphylla . Mosquitoes identified as Ae. leucomelas were most numerous in May, but some individuals were found until October during this study.