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Stegomyia
mosquito species in Greece
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prises useful information while organizing
mosquito surveys. Although it is general-
ly believed that the public awareness may
result in exaggeration, fear and unreason-
able reactions and behavior, we also have to
take into account that members of the pub-
lic can also be a great source of information
by reporting new invasions, recording phe-
nological changes associated with invasions
or disease outbreaks, and finally can partici-
pate in management efforts (5).
A recent mosquito surveillance in Ath-
ens, using ovitraps, verified the presence of
both
Stegomyia
species and revealed that
Ae.
albopictus
has currently developed consid-
erably high populations, displaying a trend
of increase over time, in the urban environ-
ment of the Greek capital city (10). Moreover,
the co-occurrence of
Ae. albopictus
and
Ae.
cretinus
, mainly in some Municipalities of At-
tica, arises the need for a better study on the
biology of
Ae. cretinus
and suggests the im-
plementation of surveillance programmes
using ovitraps and other surveillance meth-
ods in order to investigate the population
dynamics of each species and the possible
interspecific competitive interactions.
Surveillance programs will be also use-
ful to prevent the introduction and establish-
ment of other invasive container-breeding
Aedes
species with medical importance such
as
Ae. aegypti, Ae. japonicus, Ae. atropalpus, Ae.
koreicus
and
Ae. triseriatus
. These species have
been reported the recent years as introduced
into various European countries (4, 23).
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