TY - JOUR T1 - Confirmation of the presence of Ochlerotatus (Rusticoidus) quasirusticus (Torres Cañamares) in the Iberian Peninsula, and the first record from the Madrid region JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Melero-Alcíbar, R. A1 - Salom, F. SP - 30 EP - 32 AB -

Ochlerotatus quasirusticus (Torres Cafiamares) is reported for the first time in the region of Madrid. The distribution of this species and other members of the subgenus Rusticoidus in Europe is given.

VL - 13 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The names of European mosquitoes. Part 11 JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Snow, Keith R. SP - 27 EP - 28 VL - 13 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The distribution of mosquitoes in Romania (Diptera: Culicidae). Part I: Anopheles, Aedes and Culex JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Nicolescu, Gabriela A1 - Vladimirescu, Alexandru A1 - Ciolpan, Octavian SP - 17 EP - 26 VL - 13 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Molecular confirmation of sympatric populations of An. messeae and An. atroparvus overwintering in Kent, southeast England JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Linton, Yvonne-Marie A1 - Smith, Lisa A1 - Harbach, Ralph E. SP - 8 EP - 16 AB -

Mosquitoes of the Anopheles maculipennis complex were collected as overwintering adults in a disused war fortification near the Cliffe marshes in the county of Kent, southeast England in January 2002. Fifty-three adult females were collected and fifty-two of these were identified as either An. atroparvus van Thiel or An. messeae Falleroni on the basis of similarity to rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) sequences in GenBank. Forty specimens (76.9%) were identified as An. messeae and 12 (23.1%) as An. atroparvus. DNA sequences for these species from England are provided for the first time, which enhance knowledge of the species composition and distribution of the An. maculipennis complex in England.

VL - 13 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Observations on the taxonomic status of Anopheles subalpinus Hackett & Lewis and An. Melanoon Hackett JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Linton, Yvonne-Marie A1 - Smith, Lisa A1 - Harbach, Ralph E. SP - 1 EP - 7 AB -

Progeny broods of An. maculipennis s.l. from Greece were identified as An. subalpinus Hackett & Lewis based on egg morphology and the original species descriptions. DNA sequence data from members of the progeny broods were compared to previously published sequences for members of the An. maculipennis complex. The sequences were 99.54-100% identical to those of An. melanoon Hackett, typified by its uniformly black egg. These results are discussed in relation to those of other workers, and An. subalpinus is formally synonymised with An. melanoon.

VL - 13 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Some morphological characteristics of Culex deserticola, a recent addition to the Spanish fauna (Diptera: Culicidae) JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Ramos, Helena Cunha A1 - Lucientes, J. A1 - Blasco-Zumeta, J. A1 - Oscar, J.J. A1 - Ribiero, Henrique SP - 27 EP - 28 AB -

Culex (Maillotia) deserticola Kirkpatrick, 1924, a widely distributed species throughout the southern Mediterranean Subregion, from Morocco to Iran and southwestern Asia, is recorded formally for the first time in Europe, Zaragoza area, Spain. A few notes on the taxonomy and ecology of this species are included and the male genitalia and details of the fore-, mid- and hindtarsi of the Zaragoza population are illustrated.

VL - 12 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genetic structure of populations of Ochlerotatus dorsalis (Meigen, 1830) (Diptera: Culicidae) JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Milankov, V. A1 - Vapa, Lj. SP - 21 EP - 26 AB -

Allozyme variability at nine loci of Palaearctic and Nearctic populations of Ochlerotatus dorsalis was determined. Estimates of genetic variability showed that the Palaearctic population ranked higher than the Nearctic population in percentage of polymorphic loci (P: 0.77; 0.33), the mean number of alleles per locus (A: 3.3; 1.8) and value of mean heterozygosity (Ho: 0.263; 0.059). In addition to the lack of identical alleles at Est-6 locus, genetic differentiation of Palaearctic and Nearctic populations was due to differences of allele frequency variances at Had, Idh-2 and Gpi loci.

VL - 12 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The names of European mosquitoes: Part 10 JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Snow, Keith R. SP - 17 EP - 20 VL - 12 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Colonisation of the floodwater mosquito Aedes vexans (Meigen) (Diptera: Culicidae) JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Roland Kuhn SP - 7 EP - 16 AB -

A method of laboratory colonisation of several European and North American populations of Aedes vexans is described. A colony from the Rhine River Valley, near Maim, Germany, has been maintained in the laboratory for more than 150 cage generations. Another from the Queich River in the Rhine Valley of Southern Palatia, Germany has been maintained for 22 generations, and a colony from the Ticino River delta of Switzerland has been maintained for 12 generations. Six North American strains, one each from the states of Minnesota, Arizona, Oregon and Utah, and the Canadian Provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, are in cage generations 52, 20, 19, 14,41 and 15 respectively. Colonisation of different strains of this widespread pest mosquito opens up many research avenues.

VL - 12 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Malaria vectors in European Russia JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Sokolova, Martina I. A1 - Snow, Keith R. SP - 1 EP - 6 AB -

The malaria vectors of European Russia are reviewed and the status of vector species in transmitting malaria in Russia is discussed.

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