The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia includes fauna from three zoogeographic regions: the Afrotropical, Oriental, and Palaearctic regions. To study the mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) fauna of these regions in Saudi Arabia, larval collections were made at 15 sites during 2005–2006. Thirty-three species representing nine genera were found. Six species, Anopheles culicifacies Giles s.l., Anopheles subpictus Grassi s.l., Culex arbieeni Salem, Culex simpsoni Theobald, Culex univittatus Theobald, and Ochlerotatus detritus Haliday are reported for the first time for Saudi Arabia. An annotated checklist and an illustrated key to the fourth-instar larvae of the 33 species are presented, along with some remarks about problematic species. Eleven species of genus Anopheles Meigen, five species of tribe Aedini, 13 species of genus Culex L., two species of genus Culiseta Felt, one species of genus Lutzia Theobald, and one species of genus Uranotaenia Lynch Arribálzaga were recorded during the study.
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1 July 2011
Checklist and Pictorial Key to Fourth-Instar Larvae of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Saudi Arabia
Azzam M. Al Ahmad,
Mohamed F. Sallam,
Mohamed A. Khuriji,
Salah M. Kheir,
Shahyad Azari-Hamidian
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Journal of Medical Entomology
Vol. 48 • No. 4
July 2011
Vol. 48 • No. 4
July 2011
checklist
Culicidae
illustrated larval key
Saudi Arabia
taxonomy