Culiseta (Culiseta) subochrea ( Edwards, 1921 )

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A., Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Turner, James & Azari-Hamidian, Shahyad, 2023, An overview of the mosquitoes of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Culicidae), with updated keys to the adult females, Zootaxa 5394 (1), pp. 1-76 : 48-49

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scientific name	Culiseta (Culiseta) subochrea ( Edwards, 1921 )
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Culiseta (Culiseta) subochrea ( Edwards, 1921) View in CoL ( Fig. 47 View FIGURE 47 )

Type locality. Amager , Copenhagen, Denmark.

Distribution. This species is found in the Palaearctic Region ( Azari-Hamidian et al. 2019). In the Middle East and North Africa, it has been recorded in Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Tunisia ( Abdel-Malek 1960; Wills et al. 1985; Harbach et al. 1989; Minář 1991; Brunhes et al. 2000; Rueda et al. 2008; Wegner 2009; Al Ahmad et al. 2011; Shaalan et al. 2017; Tabbabi et al. 2017; Trari et al. 2017; Boudemagh et al. 2018; Azari-Hamidian et al. 2019; Merdić et al. 2020; Wilkerson et al. 2021). It was recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia by Wills et al. (1985).

Remarks. Edwards (in Wesenberg-Lund 1921) described this species as a variety of Cs. annulata (Schrank) . In the same year, Edwards (1921) raised it to specific rank. This was followed for many years until Maslov (1964) reduced it to a subspecies of Cs. annulata . Finally, Ribeiro et al. (1977), Harbach et al. (1989) and Samanidou-Voyadjoglou & Darsie (1993) again recognized its specific status.

Medical importance. Although Cs. subochrea is reported to bite humans, little is known about its vector potential ( Becker et al. 2020).

References

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Azari-Hamidian, S., Norouzi, B. & Harbach, R. E. (2019) A detailed review of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Iran and their medical and veterinary importance. Acta Tropica, 194, 106 - 122. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. actatropica. 2019.03.019

Becker, N., Petric, D., Zgomba, M., Boase, C., Madon, M., Dahl, C. & Kaiser, A. (2020) Mosquitoes: identification, ecology and control. 3 rd Edition. Springer Verlag, Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, 570 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 030 - 11623 - 1

Boudemagh, N. E., Bendali-Saoudi, F. & Soltani, N. (2018) Morphometry of three mosquito species vectors of West Nile Culiseta longiareolata Macquart 1838, Culiseta subochrea Edwards 1921 and Culiseta glaphyroptera Schiner 1864 collected at Collo (Northeast Algeria). International Journal of Mosquito Research, 5 (1), 12 - 18.

Brunhes, J., Hassaine, K., Rhaim, A. & Hervy, J. - P. (2000) Les Culicides de l'Afrique mediterraneenne: especes presentes et repartition (Diptera, Nematocera). Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 105 (2), 195 - 204. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 2000.16659

Edwards, F. W. (1921) A revision of the mosquitoes of the Palaearctic Region. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 12 (3), 236 - 351. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300040207

Harbach, R. E., Harrison, B. A., Gad, A. M., Kenawy, M. A. & El-Said, S. (1989) Records and notes on mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in Egypt. Mosquito Systematics, 20 (3), 317 - 342. [for 1988]

Maslov, A. V. (1964) On the systematics of bloodsucking mosquitoes of the group Culiseta (Diptera, Culicidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 43 (1), 193 - 217. [in Russian]

Merdic, E., Klobucar, A., Zitko, T., Bogojevic, M. S., Vrucina, I., Turic, N. & Vignjevic, G. (2020) Updated checklist of the mosquitoes (Diptera: culicidae) of Croatia. Journal of Vector Ecology, 45 (1), 135 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jvec. 12381

Minar, J. (1991) Family Culicidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 2. Psychodidae- Chironomidae. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest and Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 74 - 113. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 19910380404

Ribeiro, H., da Cunha Ramos, H., Capela, R. A. & Alves Pires, C. (1977) Research on the mosquitoes of Portugal (Diptera, Culicidae) [sic] III - Further five new mosquito records. Garcia de Orta, Serie de Zoologia, 6 (1 - 2), 51 - 60, 6 pls.

Rueda, L. M., Pecor, J. E., Lowen, R. G. & Carder, M. (2008) New record and updated checklists of the mosquitoes of Afghanistan and Iraq. Journal of Vector Ecology, 33 (2), 397 - 402. https: // doi. org / 10.3376 / 1081 - 1710 - 33.2.397

Samanidou-Voyadjoglou, A. & Darsie, R. F., Jr. (1993) An annotataed checklist and bibliography of the mosquitoes of Greece (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 25 (3), 177 - 185.

Shaalan, E. A. - S., Abdelsalam, S., Elmenshawy, O. & Al-Kahtami, M. A. (2017) Mosquito vectors survey reveals new record of Culiseta subochrea in Al-Ahsa Oasis, Saudi Arabia. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, 7 (2), 106 - 111. https: // doi. org / 10.12980 / apjtd. 7.2017 D 6 - 340

Tabbabi, A., Rhim, A. & Daaboub, J. (2017) Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Tunisia, with particular attention to proven and potential vectors: A review. Journal of Tropical Diseases, 5 (5), 1000249. https: // doi. org / 10.4172 / 2329 - 891 X. 1000249

Trari, B., Dakki, M. & Harbach, R. E. (2017) An updated checklist of the Culicidae (Diptera) of Morocco, with notes on species of historical and current medical importance. Journal of Vector Ecology, 42 (1), 94 - 104. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jvec. 12243

Wegner, E. (2009) A study of mosquito fauna (Diptera: Culicidae) and the phenology of the species recorded from Wilanow (Warsaw, Poland). European MosquitoBulletin, 27, 23 - 32.

Wesenberg-Lund, C. (1921) Contributions to the bilogy of the Danish Culicidae. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdeling, Series 8, 7 (1), 1 - 210, 21 pls.

Wilkerson, R. C., Linton, Y. - M. & Strickman, D. A. (2021) Mosquitoes of the world. Vols 1 and 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltomore, Maryland, 1308 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 13071 - 021 - 04848 - 6

Wills, W. M., Jakob, W. L., Francy, D. B., Oertley, R. E., Anani, E., Calisher, C. H. & Monath, T. P. (1985) Sindbis virus isolations from Saudi Arabian mosquitoes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 79 (1), 63 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / 0035 - 9203 (85) 90238 - X