@article {1136, title = {First report of established population of Aedes japonicus japonicus (Theobald, 1901) (Diptera, Culicidae) in the Netherlands}, journal = {Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association}, volume = {32}, year = {2014}, month = {04/2014}, pages = {9-13}, chapter = {9}, abstract = {

Abstract: In January 2013, a female mosquito collected during the week 18th-25th July 2012 in Lelystad (The Netherlands) during routine national vector surveillance was morphologically identified and genetically confirmed as the Asian bush mosquito, Aedes japonicus japonicus. In order to assess the extent of the infestation area, subsequent extensive mosquito surveillance in the surrounding area during 2013 consisted of visual inspection of potential habitats and adult trapping in increasing radially around the location of the initial finding. This surveillance confirmed the existence of a widely established population of Ae. j. japonicus in the municipality of Lelystad. Despite this detection, it was decided not to implement any mosquito control measures for two reasons: this would require large scale biocidal treatment and community participation in order to be effective, and this species is not a confirmed vector of disease agents in the field. As an alternative, it was decided that community information would be provided to enable management measures such as larval habitat source reduction. Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association 32: 9-13, 2014

}, keywords = {Aedes japonicus japonicus, first report, invasive mosquito species, The Netherlands}, author = {A. Iba{\v n}ez-Justicia and Kampen, Helge and Marieta Braks and Schaffner, Francis and Steeghs, Maarteen and Werner, Doreen and Zielke, Dorothee and Wietse Den Hartog and Brooks, Mike and Dik, Marian and Bart van de Vossenberg and Ernst-Jan Scholte} } @article {1135, title = {Three rarely encountered and one new Culiseta species (Diptera: Culicidae) in Germany.}, journal = {Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association}, volume = {31}, year = {2013}, month = {19/12/13}, pages = {36-39}, abstract = {

With few exceptions, systematic large-scale field studies on the mosquito fauna have not been performed in Germany for decades. Thus, up-to-date data on the occurrence and distribution of the indigenous mosquito species are lacking. In particular, there is no information on whether once rare and restrictively occurring species are still present. Here we describe the recent finding of four Culiseta species rarely encountered in Germany: Cs. alaskaensis, Cs. glaphyroptera and Cs. ochroptera, which have always been considered endemic but were seldom found and last reported a long time ago, and Cs. longiareolata, which has recently been found to have established in southern Germany.


}, author = {Kampen, Helge and Kronefeld, Mandy and Zielke, Dorothee and Werner, Doreen} }