On the presence of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti Linnaeus, 1762 (Insecta, Diptera, Culicidae) in the island of Madeira (Portugal)

Abstract

Since October 2005 the population of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti Linnaeus, 1762 has expanded in the city of Funchal. In 2008, the mosquito was found in the neighbouring municipalities of Câmara de Lobos and Santa Cruz. A monitoring