TY - JOUR T1 - First monitoring of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Caffarella Valley, Appia Antica Regional Park, Rome, Italy JF - Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association Y1 - 2017 A1 - Severini, Francesco A1 - Toma, Luciano A1 - Piccari, Fabrizio A1 - Romi, Roberto A1 - Di Luca, Marco SP - 29 EP - 32 KW - Appia Antica Regional Park KW - Italy KW - mosquito fauna KW - Rome AB - This study reports the results of the first entomological investigation focused on mosquitoes in Caffarella Valley, the inner part of Appia Antica Natural Reserve in Rome, carried out between 2012 and 2013. A total of 1173 mosquitoes were collected, with 9 species, belonging to 4 different genera, identified: Culex pipiens, Anopheles maculipennis sensu stricto (s.s.), Anopheles claviger, Culiseta annulata, Culiseta longiareolata, Aedes albopictus, Culex hortensis, Culex territans and Anopheles plumbeus. The monitoring of this area, bordering natural and urban environments, contributes to the knowledge on the culicid fauna of Rome. Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association 35: 29-32, 2017 VL - 35 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Further molecular and morphological support for the formal synonymy of Anopheles subalpinus Hackett & Lewis with An. melanoon Hackett JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2003 A1 - Boccolini, Daniel A1 - Marco Di Luca A1 - Marinucci, Marino A1 - Romi, Roberto SP - 1 EP - 5 VL - 16 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Anopheles labranchiae, an important malaria vector in Italy, and other potential malaria vectors in Southern Europe JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 1999 A1 - Romi, Roberto SP - 8 EP - 10 VL - 4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - MOS-KEY-TOSĀ®: an interactive key for the identification of the immature stages of Italian mosquitoes JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 1998 A1 - Sabatinelli, Guido A1 - Romi, Roberto SP - 6 EP - 8 AB -

The software MOS-KEY-TOS® is a computer-based expert system developed with the aim of providing the Italian National Health Agencies, involved in public environmental prevention and hygiene, with a tool for the identification of Italian mosquitoes. MOS-KEY-TOS is a set of data and graphics files written in the DELTA (DEscription Language for TAxonomy) format for use with the program INTKEY, an interactive program for identifying a specimen by comparing its attributes with stored descriptions of taxa.

MOS-KEY-TOS® is useful for beginners for quick and correct identification and it familiarises the user with all of the required morphological characters. It has proven to be an excellent training tool for entomologists and public health workers. The knowledge base can be expanded and refined, and an extension to include all of the mosquitoes of Europe is already planned.

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