Research Article

Xenomonitoring of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for the Presence of Filarioid Helminths in Eastern Austria

Table 2

Filarioid helminths in mosquitoes in Eastern Austria: Vienna, Lower Austria (LA), and Burgenland (B).

Filarioid speciesMosquito speciesCollection siteSampling methodCollection datePool sizeGenBank entryMaximum % identity to GenBank entriesb

Dirofilaria repensAnopheles plumbeusMarchegg (LA)BG-SentinelAugust 20151MF695085100%
Setaria tundraAedes cinereus/geminusLobau (Vienna)HCaJuly 20131MF695086100%
Setaria tundraAedes vexansMarchegg (LA)BG-SentinelJuly 201425MF695087>99%
Setaria tundraAedes sp.Lobau (Vienna)HCaAugust 20149MF695088>99%
Setaria tundraAedes vexansLobau (Vienna)HCaAugust 201442MF695089100%
Setaria tundraCoquillettidia richiardiiLobau (Vienna)HCaAugust 201450MF695090>99%
Setaria tundraAedes vexansViennaAspiratorAugust 20141MF695091100%
Setaria tundraAedes vexansMarchegg (LA)BG-SentinelAugust 20143ndc100%
Setaria tundraAedes cinereus/geminusEckartsau (LA)BG-SentinelJune 20151MF695096>99%
Setaria tundraAedes sp.Klosterneuburg (LA)BG-SentinelJune 201525ndc100%
Setaria tundraCulex pipiens complexBruckneudorf (B)BG-SentinelJuly 201550ndc100%
Setaria tundraAedes sp.Götzendorf (LA)BG-SentinelJuly 20156MF69509299%
Setaria tundraAedes vexansGötzendorf (LA)BG-SentinelJuly 201550MF695093100%
Setaria tundraAedes vexansGötzendorf (LA)BG-SentinelJuly 201550ndc100%
Setaria tundraAedes vexansJennersdorf (B)BG-SentinelJuly 20151MF695094100%
Setaria tundraAedes sp.Bruckneudorf (B)BG-SentinelJuly 20154ndc100%
Setaria tundraAedes vexansBruckneudorf (B)BG-SentinelJuly 201526MF695095100%
Setaria tundraCulex pipiens complexViennaBG-SentinelAugust 201550ndc100%
FilarioideaCulex modestusViennaHCaJune 20141ndc93%
FilarioideaCulex pipiens complexViennaHCaSeptember 20141ndc95%

aHook Company CO2 baited mosquito traps; banalysis of maximum identity to GenBank Entries was performed on August 4, 2017; csequences were not uploaded to GenBank (e.g., short sequences or poor sequence quality).