@article {1092, title = {Mosquitoes in used tyres in Europe: species list and larval key}, journal = {European Mosquito Bulletin}, volume = {16}, year = {2003}, month = {12/2003}, pages = {7-12}, author = {Schaffner, Francis} } @article {993, title = {Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) established in metropolitan France}, journal = {European Mosquito Bulletin}, volume = {9}, year = {2001}, month = {03/2001}, pages = {1-3}, abstract = {

The first observations of Aedes albopictus in metropolitan France are reported from localities in the Ome (Basse-Normandie) and Vienne (poitou-Charentes) departements. Larvae, pupae and adults were collected between October 12th and 29th 1999 in used-tyre storage centres. The tyre recycling company imports numerous tyres from the USA, Italy and Japan. Reproduction of the species has certainly taken place in France, and the\ environmental conditions make the establishment of the species possible.

}, author = {Schaffner, Francis and Bouletreau, Bruno and Guillet, Bernard and Guilloteau, Jaques and Karch, Said} } @article {973, title = {Culex (Culex) torrentium Martini (Diptera: Culicidae) a new species from Spain}, journal = {European Mosquito Bulletin}, volume = {8}, year = {2000}, month = {11/2000}, pages = {7-9}, abstract = {

Culex torrentium is reported from Spain for the first time in the summer of 1999 from the region of\ Cerdanya, province of Girona. Cx. torrentium was associated with Anopheles petragnani, Culiseta\ longiareolata, Cs. annulata, Culex impudicus, Cx. hortensis and/or Cx. pipiens. Although different\ taxonomic characters for larvae and females have been tentatively used to separate Cx. torrentium from\ Cx. pipiens, only male genitalia can be used as a reliable diagnostic character.

}, author = {Aranda, Carlos. and Eritja, Roger. and Schaffner, Francis and Escosa, Ra{\"u}l.} } @article {926, title = {A revised checklist of the French Culicidae}, journal = {European Mosquito Bulletin}, volume = {2}, year = {1998}, month = {08/1998}, pages = {1-9}, abstract = {

There are few major works on French mosquitoes. Those that exist are species catalogues (seguy, 1925a; Hedeen,\ 1958, 1959; Callot \& Rioux, 1965), sometimes including distribution and bibliography (Rageau et al., 1970;\ Moussiegt, 1986). A certain number of species listed in the literature cannot be considered as truly belonging to the\ French fauna. Furthermore, duing the last few years, new species have been described, and taxonomic changes have\ occurred (synonyms, new sub-genera, etc.). The purpose of this paper is to update the list of species collected in\ France and Corsica.

}, author = {Schaffner, Francis} }