Aedes (Stegomyia) unilineatus ( Theobald, 1906 )

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 : 29

Aedes (Stegomyia) unilineatus ( Theobald, 1906) ( Fig. 26 )

Type locality. Bahr-el-Ghazal , Sudan.

Distribution. This species is found in the Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic Regions ( Azari-Hamidian et al. 2019). In the Middle East, it occurs in Iran and Saudi Arabia ( White 1980; Miller et al. 2002; Godsey et al. 2003; Yaghoobi-Ershadi et al. 2017; Azari-Hamidian et al. 2019; Wilkerson et al. 2021). It was recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia by Miller et al. (2002).

Remarks. Adult females are to some extent similar to those of Ae. albopictus , and damaged specimens may be misidentified as that species (see the key).

Medical importance. Aedes unilineatus is a potential vector of Zika virus ( Diallo et al. 2014).

Figures

FIGURE 26. Aedes unilineatus, female (Natural History Museum, London, photo by James Turner, National Museum of Wales).