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Table 1 Mosquito species/complexes collected in an urban-fringe zone (sampling site S1) and a residential zone (sampling localities S2 and S3) of Bratislava, Slovakia. The most abundant species are highlighted in bold

From: Urbanization impact on mosquito community and the transmission potential of filarial infection in central Europe

Species/complex

Number of mosquitoes

Urban-fringe zone (S1)

Residential zone (S2 + S3)

Total

Aedes cinereus/geminus

4

1

5

Aedes vexans

2661

29

2690

Aedes spp.

764

2

766

Anopheles hyrcanus

1

1

Anopheles maculipennis complex

126

10

136

Anopheles messeae

56

na

56

Anopheles daciae

61

na

61

Anopheles plumbeus

13

13

Anopheles spp.

1

1

Coquillettidia richiardii

15

33

48

Culex modestus

2

2

Culex pipiens complex

2005

534

2539

Cx. pipiens biotype pipiens

2

11

13

Cx. pipiens biotype molestus

5

5

Culex spp.

192

10

202

Culiseta annulata

1

1

Ochlerotatus caspius

3

3

Ochlerotatus sticticus

387

27

414

Ochlerotatus spp.

1

1

Total

6279 (D = 0.19)

678 (D = 0.50)

6957

  1. Abbreviations: S1, Devínske Jazero settlement; S2, Danube riverbank; S3, Dog shelter; na, molecular identification was not performed from this locality; D, Menhinick’s diversity index