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10 April 2019 First Detection of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), in Tunisia
Ali Bouattour, Fatma Khrouf, Adel Rhim, Youmna M’ghirbi
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Aedes albopictus (Skuse) is a widespread invasive mosquito vector species with a distribution including tropical and temperate climates; its range is still expanding. Aedes albopictus populations were recently detected in Morocco and Algeria, the countries neighboring Tunisia, but never in Tunisia. In 2018, we initiated an intensive field study using BG-Sentinel Traps, ovitraps, larval surveys, and citizens' reports to determine whether Ae. albopictus populations exist in Tunisia. In October 2018, we collected adults and larval stages of Ae. albopictus in Carthage, Amilcar, and La Marsa, less than 20 km, northeast of Tunis, the Tunisian capital. These Ae. albopictus larvae were primarily collected from Phoenician funeral urns at the archeological site of Carthage. This is, to our knowledge, the first detection of Ae. albopictus in Tunisia.

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Ali Bouattour, Fatma Khrouf, Adel Rhim, and Youmna M’ghirbi "First Detection of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), in Tunisia," Journal of Medical Entomology 56(4), 1112-1115, (10 April 2019). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz026
Received: 19 October 2018; Accepted: 16 February 2019; Published: 10 April 2019
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KEYWORDS
Aedes albopictus
BG-Sentinel
invasive mosquito
ovitrap
TUNISIA
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