Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger ( Meigen, 1804 )

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 : 270

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5E46B86A-1E84-4302-A82D-7D9BB94CB758
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6301578
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03865764-0D37-CB0E-2D93-F9A1FC8AF852
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger ( Meigen, 1804 )
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21. Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger ( Meigen, 1804) View in CoL

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Published sources: Remm (1957: 150, as Anopheles bifurcatus Linnaeus, 1758 ), Burtin (2014: 35), Kirik et al. (2021: 11).

Voucher material: 1♀, Ülenurme (58° 19′ 3″ N, 26° 43′ 23″ E), 14–17.VIII.2020, H. Kirik leg., H. Kirik det., Mosquito Magnet trap, IZBE0210219 View Materials , GenBank: OK465168 View Materials GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Undi (58° 29′ 44″ N, 26° 54′ 00″ E), 15– 16.VIII.2016, L. Tummeleht leg., H. Kirik det., Mosquito Magnet trap, IZBE0210220 View Materials , GenBank: OK465169 View Materials GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Tartu (58° 23′ 24″ N, 26° 42′ 55″ E), 03.IX.2013, V. Burtin leg., V. Burtin det., sweep net, IZBE0210007 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Comment: 1,038 mosquitoes (4.3% of all specimens collected) were identified as An. claviger . This species is abundant in Estonia, especially during August, but some individuals can be found from May to October. Anopheles claviger was the most common anopheline mosquito in this study.