Aedes (Ochlerotatus) riparius Dyar & Knab, 1907

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 : 269-270

18. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) riparius Dyar & Knab, 1907

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Published source: Remm (1957: 153).

Voucher material: None.

Comment: Aedes riparius belongs to the Ae. annulipes group and can be difficult to identify. A specimen corresponding to morphologically to Ae. riparius was found during this study, but DNA barcoding identified it as Ae. annulipes / cantans . One male, four females and one larva of Ae. riparius have previously been reported from Estonia ( Remm 1957), but these individuals have not been preserved and their identification cannot be verified. Aedes riparius has been found in Lithuania ( Pakalniškis et al. 2000), Latvia ( Spungis 2000), provinces in Northwestern Russia adjacent to Estonia ( Khalin & Aibulatov 2020), Finland ( Culverwell 2018; Culverwell et al. 2021) and Sweden ( Lundström et al. 2013); consequently, Ae. riparius is likely present in Estonia as well.

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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.