Mosquito atlas
The mosquito atlas maps the distribution of mosquito species in Germany with the help of private mailings . The nationwide participation project ( Citizen Science ) of the Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) in Müncheberg , and the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI), Institute for Infection Medicine (Riems) (IMED) has been supporting scientific work on mosquito monitoring since April 2012 which is carried out by the named research institutions.
Project
At present there are only a few reliable data on the occurrence and distribution of the around 50 (of around 3500 worldwide) mosquito species native to Germany, some of which are known to be carriers of pathogens. On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and the Robert Koch Institute , the two research institutions ZALF and FLI are investigating the geographical and seasonal distribution of native mosquito species.
Interested people can become active as "mosquito hunters", that is, catch mosquitoes and send them to the ZALF. After the evaluation by the scientists, the senders receive information about the type and way of life of the mosquito sent in. In addition, the locations are published in the mosquito atlas. Details on the catching procedure, the submission modalities, the project background as well as the list of submissions and the evidence of their location can be found on the project website. The information is continuously updated. Upon request, every mosquito sender can register their name in order to be included in the list or in a map of Germany on which the respective locations are recorded.
research results
More than 22,000 senders have so far provided more than 120,000 mosquitoes (as of March 2019) to the mosquito atlas. After evaluating the samples sent in via the mosquito atlas, a total of 40 mosquito species had been recorded in Germany by mid-2015.
In 2015, the project succeeded in detecting a Korean bush mosquito in Germany for the first time .
The scientists also listed several specimens of the Asian bush mosquito ( Aedes japonicus ) among the new, invasive species among the entries for the mosquito atlas . Mosquitoes of this type have been found infected with the West Nile virus in the North American field and are experimentally susceptible to other viruses. Investigations by the researchers in the vicinity of the sites documented by the mosquito atlas showed that this mosquito species has already settled on an area of around 2,000 km 2 between Koblenz in the south and Cologne in the north .
The occurrence of the dog heartworm ( Dirofilaria immitis ) in Germany was verified as part of the project .
A collection of ticks , gnats , midges and brakes will not take place, but should be done in the long term.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage Mosquito Atlas: News
- ↑ Homepage Mosquito Atlas: Background
- ↑ Homepage Mosquito Atlas: Map
- ↑ Search for new mosquito species. On: maz-online.de from June 7, 2015
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^ Doreen Werner, Dorothee E. Zielke and Helge Kampen: First record of Aedes koreicus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Germany. In: Parasitology Research. Volume 115, No. 3, 2016, pp. 1331–1334, doi: 10.1007 / s00436-015-4848-6
Doreen Walther and Helge Kampen: The Mosquito Atlas: Mosquito Monitoring with Citizen Participation. Important results 2012-2015. P. 25. On: hlnug.de , last viewed on March 11, 2019 - ^ Friedrich Loeffler Institute: Asian bush mosquito conquers Germany
- ↑ https://www.br.de/themen/wissen/mueckenatlas-tigermuecke-buschmuecke-100.html