Keys to the adult females and 4th instar larvae of the mosquitoes of Greece are presented. In all, 53 species in 7 genera are included. Also, Aedes albopictus is added because of the potential for its introduction into Greece.

Illustrated keys for the identification of the larvae and adult female Anopheles mosquitoes of Thailand are presented along with distribution maps, tabulated bionomics information, and a checklist. A total of 73 species are treated, including 71 previously and newly described species (An. cracens = dirus B, An. scanloni = dirus C, An. baimaii = dirus D, An. latens = leucosphyrus A, and An. epir...

We identified Usutu virus (USUV) RNA in 6 pools of mosquitoes trapped in northern Israel during 2014-2015. These Israeli strains were most similar to strains identified in Senegal and Germany, which further elucidates common ancestry and evolutionary dynamics of USUV. Our findings suggest that human infection with USUV might occur in Israel.

The seemingly ubiquitous presence of gregarine parasites in numerous mosquito taxa (Table 1; Chen 1999) suggests that consideration of these parasites as biological control agents may be a worthwhile endeavor. However, because most studies prior to 1985 did not demonstrate significant fitness (e.g., mortality, adult size) differences between infected and non-infected mosquitoes, Beier and Craig...

the most serious encephalitis in human and horse, and abortion in pigs. The virus is spread over a wide area of East Asian countries and JE is a major public health concern in Thailand, China and India8). It is still unknown how the virus survives the winter in the northern temperate zone while the vector mosquito is inactive5). Hokkaido, northern island of Japan is located within the ecotone o...