Mosquito species | Published evidence for human-biting behaviour in the UK | ||
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Biting nuisance reports | Blood meal analysis | Human-baited collections | |
Aedes (Aedes) cinereus (Meigen, 1818)/Aedes (Aedes) geminus (Peus, 1970)a | Yes [75] | ||
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830) | Yes [75] | – | – |
Anopheles (Anopheles) algeriensis (Theobald, 1903) | Yes [76] | – | – |
Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger (Meigen, 1804) | – | Yes [20] | |
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis (s.l.)b | Yes [79]d | – | |
Anopheles (Anopheles) plumbeus (Stephens, 1828) | Yes [75] | ||
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) richiardii (Ficalbi, 1889) | Yes [3] | ||
Culex (Barraudius) modestus (Ficalbi, 1889) | – | Yes [61] | Yes [60]e |
Culex (Culex) pipiens (L., 1758)c | – | ||
Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata (Schrank, 1776) | |||
Culiseta (Culicella) litorea (Shute, 1928) | – | – | |
Culiseta (Culicella) morsitans (Theobald, 1901) | – | – | |
Culiseta (Culiseta) subochrea (Edwards, 1921) | – | – | |
Aedes (Dahliana) geniculatus (Olivier, 1791) | Yes [75] | Yes [20] | |
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) annulipes (Meigen, 1830) | Yes [3] | – | Yes [19] |
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cantans (Meigen, 1818) | |||
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771) | – | Yes [19] | |
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) detritus (Haliday, 1833) | |||
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) dorsalis (Meigen, 1830) | Yes [75] | Yes | – |
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) flavescens (Müller, 1764) | Yes [75] | – | – |
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby, 1837) | |||
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) rusticus (Rossi, 1790) | – |