Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pullatus (Coquillett, 1904)

Published source: Kirik et al. (2021: 11).

Voucher material: None.

Comment: Mosquitoes with morphological characteristics most similar to Ae. pullatus were found during the study, but DNA barcoding identified them as Ae. communis . These specimens had scales on the hypostigmal area of the thorax, which is unusual for Ae. communis . Aedes pullatus has been previously reported from Lithuania (Pakalniškis et al. 2000), provinces in northwestern Russia adjacent to Estonia (Khalin & Aibulatov 2020), Finland (Culverwell 2018; Culverwell et al. 2021) and Sweden (Lundström et al. 2013). However, the occurrence of this species in Estonia remains uncertain.