Anopheles (Anopheles) algeriensis Theobald, 1903

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 : 270

20. Anopheles (Anopheles) algeriensis Theobald, 1903

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Published source: Remm (1957: 150).

Voucher material: None.

Comment: Nine An. algeriensis females have been previously reported from Estonia, but these specimens have not been preserved and cannot be verified. No new specimens were found during this study. Also, Sweden is the closest country to Estonia where An. algeriensis has been collected ( Lundström et al. 2013). In fact, this species appears to be most common in Mediterranean and Balkan countries ( Scholte et al. 2011).

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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.