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MosKeyTool is an interactive identification key designed for identifying mosquito species in the Euro-Mediterranean area, covering 128 species across 7 genera. The tool is user-friendly, freely downloadable, and provides morphological criteria without molecular data, supporting both non-experts and specialists. It includes installation instructions and a tutorial for effective usage, and is developed by MediLabSecure with support from the European Commission.

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MosKeyTool_What-is-it_How-to-use-it

MosKeyTool is an interactive identification key designed for identifying mosquito species in the Euro-Mediterranean area, covering 128 species across 7 genera. The tool is user-friendly, freely downloadable, and provides morphological criteria without molecular data, supporting both non-experts and specialists. It includes installation instructions and a tutorial for effective usage, and is developed by MediLabSecure with support from the European Commission.

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MosKeyTool

Identify mosquitoes of the Euro-Mediterranean area


M osK eyTool i s an i nte r a c tiv e ide ntific a tion k e y for mos quito s p e c i e s
( 4 th stage l arvae and fema le s pe c ime ns ) of the whole Eur o-Me diter r a n e a n
a r ea. Thi s com prehensi v e ba s is c ov e r s 1 2 8 mos quito s pe c ie s .
T hi s user-fri endl y tool is fr e e ly downloda ble a nd c a n be e a s ily ins t a l l e d o n
y o ur com puter.

What is MosKeyTool ? How to install it ? How to use it ?


What is MosKeyTool?

> An interactive identification key for mosquitoes


of the Euro-Mediterranean area
MosKeyTool is intended to help non-entomologists and expert users
for identifying the species of a mosquito specimen.

Taxonomic data Geographical area


■ For adult female and 4th stage larva ■ Western palearctic
biogreographic region,
■ A single basis for genus and species identification
including Europe, Atlantic and Medi-
■ 128 species of Culicidae belonging to 7 genera: terranean Islands, Northern Africa,
South Caucasus and part of the
Aedes, Anopheles, Coquilletidia, Culex, Culiseta, Middle-East.
Orthopodomyia, Uranotaenia
■ 66 geographical units.
■ 143 morphological criteria.
Most of the time, the countries are
No molecular or genetic criteria are taken into account. Therefore used as geographical unit. However the main islands or isolated
the identification process stops at complex level. archipelago are also used as geographic unit.
■ Pictures, illustrations and descriptions
■ Supporting material for (self)learning and teaching
the morphology and taxonomy of mosquitoes (Diptera:
Culicidae). Software
■ MosKeyTool is based on the CD-ROM:
■ Developed with the Xper2 version 2.3.2, a free
The Mosquitoes of Europe, IRD Editions, 2001, and
software dedicated to computer-aided-identification
The Mosquitoes of Mediterranean Africa, IRD Editions,
2000. ■ MosKeyTool version V1.1 is available in English
since May, 2017.
■ To be used offline

> Authors
Filiz GUNAY, Vincent ROBERT,
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey and Senior researcher at French National Research
MediLabSecure, Unit MIVEGEC (224 Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Unit
IRD-5290 CNRS-Montpellier University), MIVEGEC (224 IRD-5290 CNRS-Montpellier
France University), France

Acknowledgements
Suggestion for citation
The authors would like to acknowledge all the members of the MediLabSecure
network (www.medilabsecure.com) who take part to this work by providing an Gunay F, Picard M, Robert V, 2017. MosKeyTool, an interactive
update checklist of mosquitoes in their respective country. identification key for mosquitoes of Euro-Mediterranean. Version
1.1. in English available at www.medilabsecure.com/moskeytool.
A special thanks to Marie Picard (IRD), Gilbert Le Goff (IRD), Françis Schaffner
(Francis Schaffner Consultancy), Tatiana Sulesco (Institute of Zoology, Moldova)
Last update: 09/05/2017
and Yvonne-Marie Linton (WRBU, USA) for their feedback and expertise.

www.medilabsecure.com/moskeytool
How to install MosKeyTool?

1.Download and install the Xper2 software


Version 2.3.2 / Xper² identification version

Windows XP/Vista/7 Xper2-Identification-2.3.2.exe 5577 Ko


Linux / MacOS X (>10.10) * Xper2-Identification-2.3.2.jar 5272 Ko
MacOS X (<10.11) * Xper2-Identification-2.3.2.zip 5030 Ko
* How to open an app from an unidentified developer with Mac? You can run apps that you’ve downloaded directly from the
internet that aren’t registered with Apple. You just have to give the OK, by right-clicking on the app file. More information.

2. Download the MosKeyTool database

Extract the zip archive inside a directory, you must have 1 folder and 4 files:
■ folder « images» file «moskeytool_V1.1.xpd»
■ file «moskeytool_V1.1.xpx»
■ file «moskeytool_V1.1.xpw»
■ file «moskeytool_V1.1.xpr»

3. Open the Xper2 software


Go to File -> Open a Database and select the file «moskeytool_V1.1.xpd»

www.medilabsecure.com/moskeytool
How to use MosKeyTool?

> Video tutorial


MosKeyTool is an easy-to-learn and efficient tool which allows users
to see the morphological characters, descriptions, images and all
taxa in one screen.

A 5-minute online tutorial gives you a visual explanation of all important functions:

■ How to install and open MosKeyTool ■ How to reach species


■ General view of the tool (question/answer, description ■ How to compare species
and illustration, possible/eliminated species) ■ How to select several countries
■ Which descriptor model to choose (Xper original sort)

MosKeyTool is an identification tool which has been developed by


MediLabSecure.
The MediLabSecure project is supported by the European Commission
(DG DevCo: IcSP/21010/23/_194).

www.medilabsecure.com/moskeytool

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