The invasive Korean bush mosquito Aedes koreicus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Germany as of 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Korean bush mosquito Aedes koreicus was recently reported to have established a population in western Germany (Wiesbaden) in 2016. The species is difficult to distinguish morphologically from its close relative, the invasive Japanese bush mosquito Ae. japonicus, which is already widely distributed in many parts of Germany, including the area colonised by Ae. koreicus. Genetic confirmation of morphologically identified "Ae. japonicus" collection material, however, had only been done exceptionally before the German Ae. koreicus population became known.

Methods

Dried archived "Ae. japonicus" specimens both from the municipality of Wiesbaden and from deliberately and randomly selected distribution sites all over Germany were re-examined morphologically and genetic

SUBMITTER: Hohmeister N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8588644 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature