Updated checklist of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Belgium

[en] Most information about the systematics and bioecology of Belgian mosquitoes dates back from before 1950, and only scattered information was produced during the last decades. In this paper we review and update the list of mosquito species recorded in Belgium, from first report (1908) to 2015. Six genera and 31 species were recorded so far, including 28 autochthonous species and three invasive alien species recently recorded in Belgium: Aedes albopictus (Skuse 1894), Ae. japonicus japonicus (Theobald 1901), and Ae. koreicus (Edwards 1917). The six genera are Anopheles (five species), Aedes (sixteen species), Coquillettidia (one species), Culex (four species), Culiseta (four species), and Orthopodomyia (one species).

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Entomology & pest control

Author, co-author :

Boukraa, Slimane ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. agro. & ingé. biol.

Dekoninck, Wouter; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Versteirt, Veerle; Precision Pest Management Unit, Avia-GIS, Risschotlei 33, 2980 Zoersel, Belgium.

Schaffner, Francis; Precision Pest Management Unit, Avia-GIS, Risschotlei 33, 2980 Zoersel, Belgium.

Coosemans, Marc; Department of Parasitology (Entomology Unit), Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.

Haubruge, Eric ; Université de Liège > Premier Vice-Recteur

Francis, Frédéric ; Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Entomologie fonctionnelle et évolutive

Language :

English

Title :

Updated checklist of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Belgium

Publication date :

December 2015

Journal title :

Journal of Vector Ecology: Journal of the Society for Vector Ecology

ISSN :

1081-1710

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Society for Vector Ecology, Santa Ana, United States - California

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Pages :

398-407

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WBI - Wallonie-Bruxelles International

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