title: Updated checklist of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Belgium.
abstract: Most information about the systematics and bioecology of Belgian mosquitoes dates back from before 1950, and only scattered information was produced during the last decades. In this paper we review and update the list of mosquito species recorded in Belgium, from first report (1908) to 2015. Six genera and 31 species were recorded so far, including 28 autochthonous species and three invasive alien species recently recorded in Belgium: Aedes albopictus (Skuse 1894), Ae. japonicus japonicus (Theobald 1901), and Ae. koreicus (Edwards 1917). The six genera are Anopheles (five species), Aedes (sixteen species), Coquillettidia (one species), Culex (four species), Culiseta (four species), and Orthopodomyia (one species).
authors.affiliation: Unit of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium. entomologie.gembloux@ulg.ac.be.
authors.forename: Slimane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boukraa
authors.affiliation: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Wouter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dekoninck
authors.affiliation: Precision Pest Management Unit, Avia-GIS, Risschotlei 33, 2980 Zoersel, Belgium.
authors.forename: Veerle
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Versteirt
authors.affiliation: Precision Pest Management Unit, Avia-GIS, Risschotlei 33, 2980 Zoersel, Belgium.
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schaffner
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology (Entomology Unit), Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coosemans
authors.affiliation: Unit of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haubruge
authors.affiliation: Unit of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Francis
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D001530:Belgium; D057189:Checklist; D003465:Culex; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D058865:Introduced Species
keywords: Belgium; Culicidae; Europe; mosquitoes; species checklist; systematics