Updated distribution of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Spain: new findings in the mainland Spanish Levante, 2013

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Pedro María Alarcón-elbal¹  Sarah Delacour Estrella¹  Ignacio Ruiz Arrondo¹  Francisco Collantes¹  Juan Antonio Delgado Iniesta¹  José Morales-bueno¹  Pedro Francisco Sánchez-lópez¹  Carmen Amela¹  María José Sierra-moros¹  Ricardo Molina¹  Javier Lucientes¹ 

关键词: Aedes albopictus;    entomological surveillance;    ovitrap;    false negative;    Spanish Mediterranean coast;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0074-0276140214

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In 2004, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) was observed for the first time in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. A decade later, it has spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean region of the country and the Balearic Islands. Framed within a national surveillance project, we present the results of monitoring in 2013 in the autonomous communities of the mainland Levante. The current study reveals a remarkable increase in the spread of the invasive mosquito in relation to results from 2012; the species was present and well-established in 48 municipalities, most of which were along the Mediterranean coastline from the Valencian Community to the Region of Murcia.

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