description: A global dataset linking human-mediated non-native introduction records of disease-vector mosquitoes with biological and ecological trait variables for 184 mosquito species of public health relevance.

webpage: https://biochange-research.weebly.com/

paperDOIcitation: under revision

contentURL: https://zenodo.org/records/20429986/files/File_6_Mosquito_traits_db.csv

datasetDOI_URL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20429986

dataStandard: Taxonomy standardized following Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit taxonomy and Wilkerson et al. 2021; geographic units derived from GADM boundaries; occurrence-derived climate variables based on CHELSA data; climate-zone proportions based on Köppen-Geiger classes; source tracking provided through source-ID and source-link files.

standardizationScripts: https://zenodo.org/records/20429986/files/03Pabst2026_readme.pdf

contactName: Rebecca Pabst

contactEmail: pabst.rebecca@gmail.com

license: CC BY 4.0

traitList: Species-level ecological, life-history, dispersal, host-use, climatic and biogeographic variables for disease-vector mosquitoes, including oviposition sites, larval water type, egg desiccation resistance, egg-laying strategy, flight range, blood-meal host proportions, native and current distribution variables, occurrence-derived climate limits and Köppen-Geiger climate-zone proportions.

higherGeography: Global

decimalLatitude: NA

decimalLongitude: NA

taxon: Culicidae

eventDate: Literature-derived traits from published sources; occurrence-derived variables based on records from 1980 to 2025

taxaList: 184 mosquito species of public health relevance, standardized following Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit taxonomy and Wilkerson et al. 2021.

usefulClasses: Species level summaries derived from literature review, occurrence records, distribution sources and spatial environmental data.