The thermophilic mosquito species Uranotaenia unguiculata Edwards, 1913 (Diptera: Culicidae) moves north in Germany
| Autor: | Helge Kampen, Doreen Walther, Lisa Tippelt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Mediterranean climate West Nile virus Climate Climate Change 030231 tropical medicine Disease Vectors medicine.disease_cause Uranotaenia unguiculata Latitude 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Germany parasitic diseases medicine Animals General Veterinary biology Geography Ecology General Medicine 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Dirofilaria repens Infectious Diseases Culicidae Insect Science Vector (epidemiology) Parasitology Female |
| Zdroj: | Parasitology research. 116(12) |
| ISSN: | 1432-1955 |
| Popis: | Uranotaenia unguiculata is a thermophilic mosquito species frequently occurring in the Mediterranean. Its first detection in the southern German Upper Rhine Valley in 1994 represented its northernmost distribution limit for a long time. During recent mosquito monitoring activities, two specimens of the species were trapped at different localities, about 70 km apart, in northeastern Germany, some 300-km latitude north of previous collection sites. It is not known whether Ur. unguiculata is vector-competent for disease agents although specimens collected in the field were found infected with West Nile virus and Dirofilaria repens. The finding of the species in northern Germany is probably a further example of mosquito species spreading northwards as a consequence of climate warming. |
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