First record of Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis (Rondani, 1872) (Diptera: Culicidae) in Austria

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 116; no. 6; pp. 1781 - 1783
• Main Authors: Zittra, Carina, Obwaller, Adelheid G., Wimmer, Victoria, Berer, Dominik, Eigner, Barbara, Fuehrer, Hans-Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2017; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Distribution; Animals; Austria; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Culicidae; Culicidae - classification; Culicidae - enzymology; Culicidae - genetics; Cytochrome c; Cytochrome-c oxidase; Electron Transport Complex IV - genetics; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic - genetics; Genetic aspects; Immunology; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology; Mitochondria; Morphological diversity; Mosquitoes; New genera; Physiological aspects; Short Communication; Species; Austria; Species inventory; Mosquitoes; Austria; Orthopodomyia
• ISSN: 0932-0113; 1432-1955
• DOI: 10.1007/s00436-017-5460-8

During a three-year mosquito monitoring from 2014 to 2016, the strictly ornithophilic, originally Mediterranean species Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis (Rondani, 1872) was collected as single specimen for the first time in Austria in the district of Penzing in Vienna. Morphological species determination was confirmed by analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene. We thus not only confirm the existence of another mosquito species in Austria, but also add a new genus to the Austrian Culicidae taxa list.