Anopheles ( Anopheles ) claviger ( 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 : 270

21. Anopheles ( Anopheles) claviger ( Meigen, 1804)

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Published sources: Remm (1957: 150, as Anopheles bifurcatus Linnaeus, 1758 ), Burtin (2014: 35), Kirik et al. (2021: 11).

Voucher material: 1♀, Ülenurme ( 58° 19′ 3″ N, 26° 43′ 23″ E), 14–17.VIII.2020, H. Kirik leg., H. Kirik det., Mosquito Magnet trap, IZBE0210219 , GenBank: OK465168 ; 1♀, Undi ( 58° 29′ 44″ N, 26° 54′ 00″ E), 15– 16.VIII.2016, L. Tummeleht leg., H. Kirik det., Mosquito Magnet trap, IZBE0210220 , GenBank: OK465169 ; 1♂, Tartu ( 58° 23′ 24″ N, 26° 42′ 55″ E), 03.IX.2013, V. Burtin leg., V. Burtin det., sweep net, IZBE0210007 .

Comment: 1,038 mosquitoes (4.3% of all specimens collected) were identified as An. claviger . This species is abundant in Estonia, especially during August, but some individuals can be found from May to October. Anopheles claviger was the most common anopheline mosquito in this study.

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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.