Culiseta (Culiseta) alaskaensis ( Ludlow, 1906 )

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 : 278

32. Culiseta (Culiseta) alaskaensis ( Ludlow, 1906)

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Published source: Remm (1957: 151, as Theobaldia alaskaensis ).

Voucher material: 1♀, Undi (58° 29′ 44″ N, 26° 54′ 00″ E), 21–22.IV.2015, L. Tummeleht leg., H. Kirik det., Mosquito Magnet trap, IZBE0210237 , GenBank: OK465184 ; 1♀, Ülenurme (58° 19′ 3″ N, 26° 43′ 23″ E), 11– 14.VIII.2020, H. Kirik leg., H. Kirik det., Mosquito Magnet trap, IZBE0210238 , GenBank: OK465185 ; 1♂, Kibu- vitsa (58° 46′ 3″ N, 26° 30′ 46″ E), May to October 2020, L. Laaser leg., H. Kirik det., light trap, IZBE0210242 .

Comment: 37 mosquitoes (0.2% of all specimens collected) were identified as Cs. alaskaensis , making it the second most common Culiseta species in Estonia based on this study. Culiseta alaskaensis appears to be active from April to August. The low number of individuals collected is likely to be due to sampling bias.

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FIGURE 5. Maps showing the historic and current collection points of individual mosquito species in Estonia. A, Culex (Neoculex) territans; B, Culiseta (Culicella) fumipennis; C, Culiseta (Culicella) morsitans; D, Culiseta (Culicella) ochroptera; E, Culiseta (Culiseta) alaskaensis; F, Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata; G, Culiseta (Culiseta) bergrothi. For details, see Fig. 2, except for data for Cs. bergrothi, which is provided according to Khalin & Aibulatov (2020).