Anopheles (Anopheles) messeae Falleroni, 1926

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 : 271

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.3
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scientific name	Anopheles (Anopheles) messeae Falleroni, 1926
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23. Anopheles (Anopheles) messeae Falleroni, 1926 View in CoL

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Published source: Kirik et al. (2020: 5).

Voucher material: 1♀, Punaküla (58° 20′ 9″ N, 25° 20′ 4″ E), 31.V.–03.VI.2018, H. Kirik leg., H. Kirik det., Mosquito Magnet trap, IZBE0210221 View Materials , GenBank: OK465170 View Materials GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Tartu (58° 21′ 26″ N, 26° 42′ 60″ E), 04.IX.2017, T. Kesküla leg., H. Kirik det., sweep net, IZBE0210222 View Materials , GenBank: OK465171 View Materials GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Tartu (58° 21′ 13″ N, 26° 40′ 45” E), 17.IX.2017, T. Kesküla leg., H. Kirik det., sweep net, IZBE0210223 View Materials , GenBank: OK465172 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Comment: Anopheles messeae belongs to the An. maculipennis complex. Based on COI sequences, 17 mosquitoes among 20 specimens of the complex subjected to genetic analyses were identified as An. messeae or An. daciae Linton, Nicolescu & Harbach, 2004 (in Nicolescu et al. 2004). This indicates that An. messeae / daciae most likely make up the majority of the 215 (0.9% of all specimens collected) specimens of the complex collected in this study. Anopheles messeae and An. daciae are difficult to distinguish based on COI sequences at this time, but the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) region of one Estonian An. messeae specimen was sequenced in a previous study ( Kirik et al. 2020). All in all, individuals belonging to the An. maculipennis complex could be found from May to October, but were more numerous in August. The abundance of mosquitoes of the complex may be underestimated in this study due to collection bias.