@article{fdi:010057320,
  title = {{T}he mosquitoes ({D}iptera : {C}ulidae) of {S}eychelles : taxonomy, ecology, vectorial importance, and identification keys},
  author = {{L}e {G}off, {G}ilbert and {B}ouss{\`e}s, {P}hilippe and {J}ulienne, {S}. and {B}rengues, {C}{\'e}cile and {R}ahola, {N}il and {R}ocamora, {G}. and {R}obert, {V}incent},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {D}uring recent periods, the islands of the {R}epublic of {S}eychelles experienced many diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, {B}ancroft's filaria and malaria. {M}osquitoes transmit the agents that cause these diseases. {P}ublished information on mosquitoes in the {S}eychelles is notably dispersed in the literature. {T}he maximum number of species obtained on a single field survey does not exceed 14 species. {M}ethods: {W}e performed a comprehensive bibliographic review using mosquito and {S}eychelles as the key words, as well as conducted a mosquito field survey for larval and adult stages during the rainy season in {D}ecember 2008. {S}ixteen sites were sampled on four granitic islands ({M}ahe, {P}raslin, {L}a {D}igue and {A}ride) and six sites on coralline atolls in the extreme southwest of the country ({A}ldabra group). {R}esults: {W}e found published references to 21 mosquito species identified at least on one occasion in the {S}eychelles. {O}ur collections comprised 18 species of mosquitoes, all of them from the subfamily {C}ulicinae; no {A}nophelinae was found. {W}e also confirm that {A}edes seychellensis is a junior synonym of {A}e. ({A}edimorphus) albocephalus. {T}he first records for {C}ulex antennatus and {C}x. sunyaniensis are presented from the country, specifically from {A}ldabra and {P}raslin, respectively. {B}ased on a comparison of the taxa occurring on the granitic versus coralline islands, only three species, {A}e. albocephalus, {C}x. scottii and {C}x. simpsoni are shared. {A}edes albopictus appeared to exclude largely {A}e. aegypti on the granitic islands; however, {A}e. aegypti was common on {A}ldabra, where {A}e. albopictus has not been recorded. {T}he notable aggressiveness of mosquitoes towards humans on coralline islands was mainly due to two species, the females of which are difficult to distinguish: {A}e. fryeri and {A}e. ({A}edimorphus) sp. {A}. {T}he number of mosquito species collected at least once in the {S}eychelles is now 22, among which five species ({A}e. ({A}dm) sp. {A}, {C}x. stellatus, {U}ranotaenia browni. {U}r. nepenthes and {U}r. pandani) and one subspecies ({A}e. vigilax vansomerenae) are considered as endemic. {T}wo illustrated identification keys, one for adult females and the other for larval stages, are presented. {C}onclusions: {T}he knowledge of the culicidian fauna in the {S}eychelles has been notably updated. {T}he number of mosquito species is relatively large with regards to land surface and distances to continental {A}frica, although the anophelines are totally lacking. {T}he complex natural history of mosquitoes in the {S}eychelles provides examples of both vicariance- and dispersal-mediated divergences. {T}hey present superb examples for theoretical and applied island biology.},
  keywords = {{T}he {S}eychelles ; {M}osquito ; {C}ulicinae ; {A}lphataxonomy ; {I}dentification key ; {B}iodiversity ; {B}iogeography ; {I}sland},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasites and {V}ectors},
  volume = {5},
  numero = {},
  pages = {207},
  ISSN = {1756-3305},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1186/1756-3305-5-207},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010057320},
}