First record of the West Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestus Ficalbi (Diptera Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding

Katrien de Wolf; Ann Vanderheyden; Isra Deblauwe; Nathalie Smitz; Sophie Gombeer; Adwine Vanslembrouck; Kenny Meganck; Wouter Dekoninck; Marc de Meyer; Thierry Backeljau; Ruth Müller; Wim Van Bortel

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4920.1.7

First record of the West Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestus Ficalbi (Diptera Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding

Katrien de Wolf, Ann Vanderheyden, Isra Deblauwe, Nathalie Smitz, Sophie Gombeer, Adwine Vanslembrouck, Kenny Meganck, Wouter Dekoninck, Marc de Meyer, Thierry Backeljau, Ruth Müller, Wim Van Bortel

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A thorough knowledge of the presence and spatio-temporal distribution patterns of vector species are pivotal to assess the risk of mosquito-borne diseases in Europe. In 2018, a Culex larva was collected during routine monitoring activities to intercept exotic Aedes mosquito species in the port of Antwerp (Kallo, Belgium). The larva, collected from a pond in mid-September, was morphologically identified as Culex modestus, and this identification was subsequently confirmed by COI barcoding. It is the first confirmed record of this West Nile virus bridge vector in Belgium. The present study also demonstrates the value of DNA-based identification techniques to validate the presence of potential vector species.

Original language	English
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	4920
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	131-139
Number of pages	9
ISSN	1175-5326
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4920.1.7
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

biodiversity
DNA-based identification
larva
monitoring
mosquito
new record
MOSQUITOS
BEHAVIOR
SPREAD
EUROPE

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de Wolf, K., Vanderheyden, A., Deblauwe, I., Smitz, N., Gombeer, S., Vanslembrouck, A., Meganck, K., Dekoninck, W., de Meyer, M., Backeljau, T., Müller, R., & Van Bortel, W. (2021). First record of the West Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestus Ficalbi (Diptera Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding. Zootaxa, 4920(1), 131-139. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4920.1.7

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First record of the West Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestus Ficalbi (Diptera Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding

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