Department of Parasitology, Entomology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
J Med Entomol. 2009 Nov;46(6):1464-7. doi: 10.1603/033.046.0632.
The establishment of the potential vector species Aedes (Finlaya) japonicusjaponicus (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae) in southern Belgium is reported. The species was most likely introduced through the international trade in used tires. It was first collected in 2002 on the premises of a second-hand tire company and was sampled using different sampling methods in the two consecutive years (2003-2004). It was only in 2007 and 2008, during a national mosquito survey (MODIRISK), that its presence as adults and larvae at the above-mentioned site and at another tire company in the area was confirmed based on morphological and molecular identification. This discovery is the first record for Belgium of an exotic mosquito species that established successfully and raises the question on the need for monitoring and control. Considering the accompanying species found during the surveys, we also report here the first observation of Culex (Maillotia) hortensis hortensis (Ficalbi) in Belgium.
报告称，潜在媒介物种白纹伊蚊（Finlaya）japonicusjaponicus（Theobald）（双翅目：蚊科）在比利时南部建立。该物种很可能是通过旧轮胎的国际贸易引入的。它于 2002 年首次在一家二手轮胎公司的场地上采集，并在连续两年（2003-2004 年）使用不同的采样方法进行采样。直到 2007 年和 2008 年，在全国蚊子调查（MODIRISK）期间，才根据形态和分子鉴定确认了在上述地点和该地区另一家轮胎公司存在成虫和幼虫。这一发现是比利时首次成功建立外来蚊子物种的记录，引发了监测和控制的必要性问题。考虑到调查中发现的伴随物种，我们还在此报告了在比利时首次观察到库蚊（Maillotia）hortensishortensis（Ficalbi）。
