Table 3 Comprehensive list of the 22 mosquito species observed at least once in the Seychelles between 1903 and 2008
Sub-family | Genus | Subgenus | Species and subspecies (if any) | Species descriptor and year of description | Area of distribution | First mention in the Seychelles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anophelinae | Anopheles | Cellia | gambiae s.l. | Gilles 1902 | Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, La Réunion | [17] |
Culicinae | Aedes | Aedimorphus | albocephalus | (Theobald 1903) | Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Comoros | [22] |
Aedimorphus | species A | to be fully described and named | Endemic to the coralline Seychelles | [26] | ||
Coetzeemyia | fryeri | (Theobald 1912) | East coast of Africa, Madagascar | [22] | ||
Ochlerotatus | vigilax vansomerenae | Mattingly 1955 | Species in south-east Asia, Indonesia and Australia; subspecies endemic to the granitic Seychelles | [25] | ||
Stegomyia | albopictus | (Skuse 1895) | From Japan to India, plus Madagascar; now invasive in many areas of the world | [32] | ||
Stegomyia | aegypti | (Linnaeus 1762) | Pantropical | [33] | ||
Skusea | lambrechti | van Someren 1971 | The granitic Seychelles, Madagascar | [24] | ||
Culex | Culex | antennatus | (Becker 1903) | Africa (Angola, Botswana, Sao Tome and Principe, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt), Middle East, Madagascar, Mayotte | The present article | |
Culex | fuscocephala | Theobald 1907 | Asia | [34] | ||
Culex | quinquefasciatus | Say 1823 | Pantropical | [32] | ||
Culex | scottii | Theobald 1912 | The Seychelles, Madagascar | [22] | ||
Culex | simpsoni | Theobald 1905 | Africa, Comoros, Madagascar | [24] | ||
Culex | sitiens | Wiedemann 1828 | Africa, Middle East, Asia, Oceania | [25] | ||
Culex | tritaeniorhynchus | Giles 1901 | Africa, Middle East, Asia | [34] | ||
Eumelanomyia | stellatus | van Someren 1947 | Endemic to the granitic Seychelles | [35] | ||
Eumelanomyia | sunyaniensis | Edwards 1941 | Tropical Africa | The present article | ||
Eumelanomyia | wigglesworthi | Edwards 1941 | Tropical Africa | [15] | ||
Mansonia | Mansonioides | uniformis | (Theobald 1910) | Africa, Asia, Oceania | [25] | |
Uranotaenia | Pseudoficalbia | browni | Mattingly 1955 | Endemic to the granitic Seychelles | [25] | |
Pseudoficalbia | nepenthes | (Theobald 1912) | Endemic to the granitic Seychelles | [22] | ||
Pseudoficalbia | pandani | (Theobald 1912) | Endemic to the granitic Seychelles | [22] |