From: Climatic effects on mosquito abundance in Mediterranean wetlands
Mosquito species | Larval habitats | Vectorial competence (laboratory) | Field detection in Doñana | Role as WNV vector |
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Culex pipiens | Inundation areas | West Nile virus | West Nile virus | Enzootic and epizootic West Nile vector |
Rice fields | Rift Valley virus | |||
Man-made water bodies. | ||||
Nearly every kind of water source. | ||||
Culex perexiguus (univittatus) | Swamps | West Nile virus | West Nile virus | Enzootic and epizootic West Nile vector |
Ponds | Usutu virus | |||
Ground pools | ||||
Water wells. | ||||
Culex modestus | Irrigation channels | West Nile virus | Enzootic West Nile virus vector | |
Rice fields | Tahyna | |||
Ground pools | Tularemia | |||
Ponds | ||||
Marshes. | ||||
Culex theileri | Marshes | Dirofilaria immitis, West Nile virus | ||
Ditches | Rift Valley virus Sindbis | |||
Swamps | ||||
Rice fields | ||||
Ochlerotatus caspius | Halophilic species | West Nile virus | Mosquito Marsh virus | |
Salt marshes, Tidal coastal marshes | Tahyna Tularaemia | |||
Ochlerotatus detritus | Halophilic species | |||
Salt marshes, Tidal coastal marshes | ||||
Anopheles atroparvus | Canals | Malaria | ||
Ditches | ||||
Marshes | ||||
Rice fields |