J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2021 Dec 1;37(4):188-197. doi: 10.2987/21-7025.
Theobald first described Culex nigripalpus in 1901 from St. Lucia Island of the Lesser Antilles. It is a Neotropical mosquito species that is documented throughout Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the southeastern USA. Reports within the last 3 decades show the species has expanded its range farther into North America and is not only being discovered sporadically but appears to be establishing itself in several states, of which data are underreported and difficult to find. Five female specimens were collected-4 on October 13 and 1 on December 6, 2017-at 3 separate sites in the city of Suffolk, VA-2 in a BG-Sentinel 2® trap, 3 in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention light traps-during routine mosquito surveillance; subsequent collections were made in 2019 and 2020. These findings represent the 1st record of Cx. nigripalpus in the state of Virginia and the most northeastern records in the USA. An updated mosquito species checklist for the state of Virginia is provided. Additionally, this report serves to update the records of North Carolina to 28 total counties reporting Cx. nigripalpus. These new records, along with other reports and published studies, show this species now documented in 201 jurisdictions in 16 states of the USA. As recent literature on this species is scarce, we provide a review of the bionomics, defining morphological characters, and an updated US distribution map.
西奥博尔德于 1901 年首次描述了来自小安的列斯群岛圣卢西亚岛的黑带库蚊。它是一种新热带蚊种，在中美洲和南美洲、加勒比海以及美国东南部都有记录。在过去的 30 年里，有报道称该物种的分布范围进一步扩大到了北美洲，不仅偶然发现，而且似乎在几个州已经建立了种群，但数据报告不足，难以找到。2017 年 10 月 13 日和 12 月 6 日，在弗吉尼亚州萨福克市的 3 个不同地点，共采集到 5 只雌性标本-2 只在 BG-Sentinel 2®诱捕器中，3 只在疾病控制与预防中心的诱捕器中-这是在常规蚊虫监测期间收集到的；随后在 2019 年和 2020 年进行了采集。这些发现代表了黑带库蚊在弗吉尼亚州的首次记录，也是在美国最东北部的记录。提供了弗吉尼亚州蚊子物种清单的更新版。此外，本报告还更新了北卡罗来纳州的记录，报告黑带库蚊的县增加到 28 个。这些新记录以及其他报告和已发表的研究表明，该物种现在在美国 16 个州的 201 个司法管辖区都有记录。由于最近关于该物种的文献很少，我们提供了对其生态学、形态特征定义以及更新的美国分布图的综述。
