In 2004, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) was observed for the first time in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. A decade later, it has spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean region of the country and the Balearic Islands. Framed within a national surveillance project, we present the results of monitoring in 2013 in the autonomous communities of the mainland Levante. The current study reveals a remarkable increase in the spread of the invasive mosquito in relation to results from 2012; the species was present and well-established in 48 municipalities, most of which were along the Mediterranean coastline from the Valencian Community to the Region of Murcia.
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Alarcón-Elbal, P. M., Estrella, S. D., Arrondo, I. R., Collantes, F., Iniesta, J. A. D., Morales-Bueno, J., … Lucientes, J. (2014). Updated distribution of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Spain: New findings in the mainland Spanish Levante, 2013. Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 109(6), 782–786. https://doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276140214
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