AuthorHarbach R.E., Dallimore T., Briscoe A.G., Culverwell C.L., Vaux A.G.C. & Medlock J.M.
Year2017
TitleAedes nigrinus (Eckstein, 1918) (Diptera, Culicidae), a new country record for England, contrasted with Aedes sticticus (Meigen, 1838)
TypePaper
SourceZooKeys Vol 671: 119-130.
IllustrationsColour photographs of diagnostic features
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Adds Aedes nigrinus to the British list, from the New Forest, confirmed by both morphology and sequencing.
Examine Compound Microscope

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentAedesa genus of mosquitoesAnimalia: Diptera: Culicidae
For identificationCurrentOchlerotatus nigrinusa mosquitoAnimalia: Diptera: Culicidae
For identificationCurrentOchlerotatus sticticusa mosquitoAnimalia: Diptera: Culicidae
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