Aedes (Ochlerotatus) detritus Haliday, 1833

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 : 26

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) detritus Haliday, 1833 ( Fig. 23 )

Type locality. Holywood , Downshire, England.

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, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Turkey ( Margalit & Tahori 1974; Harbach et al. 1989; Minář 1991; Alten et al. 2000; Brunhes et al. 2000; Al Ahmad et al. 2011; Khater et al. 2013; Tabbabi et al. 2017; Aqeehal et al. 2019; Azari-Hamadian et al. 2019; Ben Ayed et al. 2019; Wilkerson et al. 2021). It was first recorded in Saudi Arabia by Al Ahmad et al. (2011).

Remarks. The Ae. detritus complex includes two species: Ae. detritus and Ae. coluzzii Rioux, Guilvard & Pasteur ( Rioux et al. 1998) . Aedes coluzzii is recorded in France, Morocco and Portugal ( Wilkerson et al. 2021).

Medical importance. Aedes detritus is not considered to be a major vector of human disease agents ( Ribeiro et al. 1988). It may transmit the agent of canine dirofilariasis ( Ferreira et al. 2015).

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FIGURE 23. Aedes detritus, male (Natural History Museum, London, photo by James Turner, National Museum of Wales).