New contribution to the knowledge of two species of culicids inhabiting a mountainous rural area of Spain: Aedes (Rusticoidus) refiki (Medschid, 1928) and Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pullatus (Coquillett, 1904) (Diptera, Culicidae)

Authors

  • Juan Rueda Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología e Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universidad de Valencia, Catedrático José Beltrán Martínez 2, 46980 Paterna (España)
  • Ramón Hernández
  • Pedro María Alarcón-Elbal Instituto de Medicina Tropical & Salud Global, Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), Avenida de Francia 129, Santo Domingo (República Dominicana)
Keywords: Mosquitoes, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Teruel, Aragon, Spain

Abstract

Two species of uncommon mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) were collected during late April and early May 2017, in a mountainous rural area located above 1,500 MASL: Aedes (Rusticoidus) refiki Medschid, 1928 and Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pullatus (Coquillett, 1904). A total of 626 specimens were collected, with larval densities in favor of Ae. refiki (87%). A new larval association between both species, to date unknown, was described. The culicids were located in a normally snowy environment during the winters, in the Alto Tajo Natural Park (Guadalajara, Community of Castilla-La Mancha) and in the Montes Universales (Teruel, Autonomous Community of Aragon). Thus, in this contribution two new provincial records for Guadalajara and Teruel.

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Published
02-11-2017
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Rueda, J., Hernández, R., & Alarcón-Elbal, P. M. (2017). New contribution to the knowledge of two species of culicids inhabiting a mountainous rural area of Spain: Aedes (Rusticoidus) refiki (Medschid, 1928) and Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pullatus (Coquillett, 1904) (Diptera, Culicidae). Anales de Biología, (39), 191–197. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesbio/article/view/421561
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