Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cyprius Ludlow, 1920

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 : 267

8. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cyprius Ludlow, 1920

( Fig. 2G )

Published source: Remm (1957: 153).

Voucher material: 1♀, Lasila (59° 16′ 47″ N, 26° 13′ 24″ E), 31.V.2016, M. Kruus leg., H. Kirik det., Malaise trap, IZBE0210193 , GenBank: OK465147 ; 1♀, Lasila (59° 16′ 47″ N, 26° 13′ 24″ E), 31.V.2016, M. Kruus leg., H. Kirik det., Malaise trap, IZBE0210194 , GenBank: OK465148 .

Comment: Four mosquitoes were identified as Ae. cyprius . It was very rare among the mosquitoes collected during this study, but it can be found at the beginning of the warm season in May and June. The only individuals collected in the country from 2008 to 2020 were caught in northern Estonia. The low numbers captured could also be due to collection bias.

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FIGURE 2. Maps showing the historic and current collection points of individual mosquito species in Estonia. A, Aedes (Aedes) cinereus; B, Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans; C, Aedes annulipes group; D, Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius; E, Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cataphylla; F, Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis; G, Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cyprius; H, Aedes (Ochlerotatus) diantaeus. Numbers indicate original data and correspond to on the numbers in Fig. 1. Red diamonds indicate localities collected by Remm (1955). In cases where Remm indicated the species was widely distributed in Estonia, the area is shaded in gray.