Corresponding author: Ralph E. Harbach (
Academic editor: Art Borkent
We report the discovery of
Harbach RE, Dallimore T, Briscoe AG, Culverwell CL, Vaux AGC, Medlock JM (2017)
The number of mosquito species reported to occur in the United Kingdom has increased significantly since
Summary of the history of the mosquito fauna recorded in the UK.
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Mosquitoes were collected as larvae and individually reared to adults. Larvae of adults identified as
Abbreviations for morphological structures indicated in figures:
DNA was extracted from two legs from each of five adults of
Adults reared from larvae collected in the New Forest were initially questionably identified as specimens of
To confirm the morphological identification of
It is unfortunate that the larval and pupal exuviae of mosquitoes reared from larvae collected in the New Forest were lost as these would have aided the identification of
Proximal half of the right wing of female mosquitoes.
Doral aspects (pre-rotation sense) of the male genitalia of
The female, male and fourth-instar larval stages of
20(18) | Paddle marginal spicules longer than 10 μm; seta 1-Pa single; paddle length usually greater than 0.85 mm; abdominal length greater than 3.5 mm |
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– | Paddle marginal spicules shorter than 10 μm; seta 1-Pa single or double; paddle length usually less than 0.85 mm; abdominal length less than 3.5 mm |
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20a (20) | Seta 3-III branched; seta 1-Pa double |
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– | Seta 3-III single; seta 1-Pa single |
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The occurrence of
The New Forest became a royal forest more than 950 years ago and is the largest remaining tract of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in England. The land is dominated by gravel, sand and clay that was deposited during the Palaeogene Period of the Cenozoic Era (23.03–65.5 Mya). Many sites near the Beaulieu airfield where
We are grateful for assistance received from Colin Cross and Paul Allen, Wyre Forest District Council (Hurcott Pools), and Alan Bowley, Natural England (Woodwalton Fen), as well as Sergio Garcia Tejero, Edge Hill University, and Javier Santos Aberturas, John Innis Centre, for help in collecting specimens. We are also grateful to the Forestry Commission England for granting permission to collect in the New Forest, and to Erica McAlister, Natural History Museum (NHM), and Shelley Cook, formerly of the NHM, for field assistance and rearing of mosquitoes collected in Hurcott Wood.