Encyclopedia of Parasitology

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| Editors: Heinz Mehlhorn

Culicidae in Germany

Living reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_4938-1
In Germany about 50 species of the mosquito family Culicidae have been described, which belong to the genera:
  • Aedes (4)

  • Coquillettidia (1)

  • Culex (7)

  • Culiseta (7)

  • Ochlerotatus (22)

  • Uranotaenia (1)

Some of them (e.g., Aedes japonicus, Aedes albopictus, Anopheles daciae, Culiseta longiareolata) have been recently introduced.

Further Reading

  1. Kampen H et al (2014) Some new, less frequent and rare mosquito species recently collected in Germany. Mitt DtGes All Angew Ent 19:123–130Google Scholar

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und ParasitologieHeinrich-Heine-UniversitätDüsseldorfGermany