To advance our limited knowledge of global mosquito biogeography, we analyzed country
occurrence records from the Systematic Catalog of the Culicidae ( http://www.mosquitocatalog.…

Relationships among the genusAnophelesand its many sibling species-groups are obscure
despite the importance of anophelines as the vectors of human malaria. For the first time, the …

The American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, is a veterinary- and medically- significant tick
species that is known to transmit several diseases to animal and human hosts. The spatial …

Two snapshot surveys to establish the diversity and ecological preferences of mosquitoes (Diptera:
Culicidae) in the terra firme primary rain forest surrounding the Tiputini Biodiversity …

The Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (IDH) is well-known in ecology providing an
explanation for the role of disturbance in the coexistence of climax and colonist species. Here, we …

Although endemic malaria was eradicated from Australia by 1981, the vectors remain and
transmission from imported cases still occurs. Climate modelling shows that global warming …

Background Larval mosquito habitats of potential malaria vectors and related species of
Anopheles from three provinces (Gyeonggi, Gyeongsangbuk, Chungcheongbuk Provinces) of …

Background Mosquitoes are important vectors of diseases but, in spite of various mosquito
faunistic surveys globally, there is a need for a spatial online database of mosquito collection …

Parasites and pathogens are increasingly recognized as significant drivers of ecological and
evolutionary change in natural ecosystems. Concurrently, transmission of infectious agents …

Environmental geospatial data and adult and larval mosquito collection data for up to 106
sites throughout the Republic of Korea (ROK) were used to develop ecological niche models (…