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A Taxonomic Checklist and Relative Abundance of the Mosquitoes of New York City

Author(s) -

Waheed I. Bajwa

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of the american mosquito control association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.424

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 1943-6270

pISSN - 8756-971X

DOI - 10.2987/18-6738.1

Subject(s) - biology , aedes albopictus , checklist , subspecies , aedes , culex , abundance (ecology) , genus , ecology , relative species abundance , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , aedes aegypti , larva , paleontology

This is the 1st time that a comprehensive checklist of the mosquitoes of New York City has been compiled. This list is based on an arrayed collection of 2.3 million mosquitoes trapped and identified from 1,369 locations in the city between 2000 and 2017. Forty-seven species and 6 subspecies were identified belonging to 9 mosquito genera. Culex pipiens was the most prevalent species, most frequently encountered throughout the city. Over time, species diversity in the genus Aedes has increased from 10 species in the 1930s to 23 species in the recent surveys (2000–17). Invasive species Aedes albopictus and Ae. japonicus japonicus, which were rare in 2000, are now well established in all 5 boroughs of the city.

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