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Aedes aegypti

Linnaeus, 1762
Arthropoda » Diptera » Culicidae » Aedes aegypti
Common name (English)
Yellow fever mosquito
Common name (Greek)
Κουνούπι του κίτρινου πυρετού

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

Previously known to exist on the island until 1934 (Violaris et al. 2009).

Recently collected from Cyprus (2022). Its possible establishment and abundance are investigated.

First detection year
2022
Impacts
Negative

Transmission of disease

Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Hitchhikers on airplane – Air
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Container/bulk – Container
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Organic packing material – Org
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Vehicles – Veh
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Other means of transport – Other Transport
Pathway detail

Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)

References

Aziz M (1934) The Anopheline mosquitoes of Cyprus Cyprus Government Printing Office, 26 p.

Violaris M, Vasquez MI, Samanidou A, Wirth MC, Hadjivassilis A (2009) The mosquito fauna of the Republic of Cyprus: A revised list. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 25(2): 199–202.

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/local/health-ministry-warns-of-yellow-fever-mosquitoes/

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/increasing-risk-mosquito-borne-diseases-eueea-following-spread-aedes-species

Yetismis K, Erguler K, Angelidou I, Yetismis S, Fawcett J, Foroma E, Jarraud N, Ozbel Y, Martinou AF (2022) Establishing the Aedes watch out network, the first island-wide mosquito citizenscience initiative in Cyprus within the framework of the Mosquitoes Without Borders project. Management of Biological Invasions 13(4): 798–808. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2022.13.4.14

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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