Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856

Kirik, Heli, Tummeleht, Lea & Kurina, Olavi, 2022, Rediscovering the mosquito fauna (Diptera: Culicidae) of Estonia: an annotated checklist with distribution maps and DNA evidence, Zootaxa 5094 (2), pp. 261-287 : 277

28. Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856

( Fig. 5A )

Published sources: Remm (1957: 157, as Culex apicalis Adams, 1903 ), Burtin (2014: 41), Kirik et al. (2021: 11).

Voucher material: 1♀, Tartu (58° 22′ 52″ N, 26° 42′ 49″ E), 08.IX.2016, H. Kirik leg., H. Kirik det., sweep net, IZBE0210230 , GenBank: OK465180 ; 1♂, Tartu (58° 22′ 17″ N, 26° 41′ 58″ E), 20.IX.2016, H. Kirik leg., H. Kirik det., sweep net, IZBE0210250 .

Comment: 50 mosquitoes (0.2% of all specimens collected) were identified as Cx. territans , making it the least common Culex species in Estonia. Culex territans was collected from July to October. This species is likely more common than the results of this fieldwork indicate, and their very low numbers are expected to be because of collection bias.

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FIGURE 5. Maps showing the historic and current collection points of individual mosquito species in Estonia. A, Culex (Neoculex) territans; B, Culiseta (Culicella) fumipennis; C, Culiseta (Culicella) morsitans; D, Culiseta (Culicella) ochroptera; E, Culiseta (Culiseta) alaskaensis; F, Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata; G, Culiseta (Culiseta) bergrothi. For details, see Fig. 2, except for data for Cs. bergrothi, which is provided according to Khalin & Aibulatov (2020).