The mosquitoes (Diptera: Culidae) of Seychelles: taxonomy, ecology, vectorial importance, and identification keys

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 List of 21 mosquito species reported from different studies on mosquitoes in the Seychelles, before 2008

Genus	(Subgenus)	Species and subspecies (if any)	Theobald 1912[22]	Hermitte 1931[17]	Edwards 1941[23]	Harper 1947[24]	Mattingly & Brown 1955[25]	Lambrecht 1971[15]	Van Someren 1972[26]	Gerbert & Anett 1976[27]	Binet al. 1996[21]
Aedes	Aedimorphus	albocephalus					G	G		G
	Aedimorphus	seychellensis*	G Al		G Al		G
	Aedimorphus	species A							Al
	Coetzeemyia	fryeri	Al		Al Co				Al
	Ochlerotatus	vigilax vansomerenae					G	G		G
	Stegomyia	albopictus	G Am		G	G	G	G		G	G
	Stegomyia	aegypti	G Am		G	G		G			G
	Skusea	lambrechti				G	G	G		G
Anopheles	Cellia	gambiae s.l.		Al As
Culex	Culex	fuscocephala									G
	Culex	quinquefasciatus	G		G	G	G	G		G	G
	Culex	scottii	G		G		G	G
	Culex	simpsoni				G	G	G		G
	Culex	sitiens					Al
	Culex	tritaeniorhynchus									G
	Eumelanomyia	stellatus				G	G	G		G	G
	Eumelanomyia	wigglesworthi						Vm
Mansonia	Mansonioides	uniformis	G				G
Uranotaenia	Pseudoficalbia	browni					Vm	G		G
	Pseudoficalbia	nepenthes	G		G	G	G	G		G
	Pseudoficalbia	pandani	G		G	G	G	G		G	G
Total			9	1	8	8	14	13	2	10	7

* The synonymy, previously suspected[23], between Ae. albocephalus and Ae. seychellensis, is demonstrated in the present article.
G = granitic islands; Vm = Vallée de Mai on Praslin; Am = Amirantes Islands; Al = Aldabra Atoll; As = Assomption Island; Co = Cosmoledo Atoll.

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