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Records of Aedes albopictus (Skuse,1894) (Diptera;Culicidae) and Culex tritaeniorhynchus (Diptera;Culicidae) Expansion in Areas in Mainland Greece and Islands
Annual entomological surveillance programs aiming to monitor mosquito populations and record presence and absence of mosquito species have been performed in Greece. We report, in this study, new records and expansion of Aedes albopictus in the islands of Lesvos (region of North Aegean), Crete (region of Crete), and the regional units of Rodopi in East Macedonia-Thrace. Furthermore, Culex tritaeniorhynchus was recorded for the first time in Arta (region of Epirus) in northwestern Greece.
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