title: Updated distribution of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Spain: new findings in the mainland Spanish Levante, 2013.
abstract: In 2004, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) was observed for the first time in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. A decade later, it has spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean region of the country and the Balearic Islands. Framed within a national surveillance project, we present the results of monitoring in 2013 in the autonomous communities of the mainland Levante. The current study reveals a remarkable increase in the spread of the invasive mosquito in relation to results from 2012; the species was present and well-established in 48 municipalities, most of which were along the Mediterranean coastline from the Valencian Community to the Region of Murcia.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Pedro María
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Alarcón-Elbal
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Sarah Delacour
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Estrella
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Ignacio Ruiz
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Arrondo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Collantes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Antonio Delgado
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Iniesta
authors.affiliation: Rafaela Belmonte Nortes, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morales-Bueno
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Sanidad Ambiental, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Consejería de Sanidad y Política Social de la Región de Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Pedro Francisco
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Sánchez-López
authors.affiliation: Centro de Coordinación de Alertas y Emergencias Sanitarias, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Calidad e Innovación, Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amela
authors.affiliation: Centro de Coordinación de Alertas y Emergencias Sanitarias, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Calidad e Innovación, Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sierra-Moros
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Entomología Médica, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lucientes
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000145:classification; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000592:standards; D007303:Insect Vectors; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000592:standards*; D013030:Spain