Correction to: Parasites Vectors (2018) 11:297 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2879-4

Unfortunately, the original version of this article [1] contained an error. In the distribution map in Fig. 3, the presence of the mosquito Aedes vittatus was incorrectly indicated for Libya and Egypt.

The corrected Fig. 3 is included with this correction.

Fig. 3
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Worldwide distribution of Ae. vittatus (dark grey colour). Stars indicate the geographical origin of the previously (black) and new (white) described genetic sequences of the barcoding region

The authors apologize for the inconvenience caused.