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Between 2022 and 2024, as part of routine investigations on residual anophelism, <jats:italic>An. superpictus<\/jats:italic> specimens were collected for the first time in the southern Maremma Plain (Magliano in Toscana, Grosseto, Tuscany).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Adult mosquitoes were collected in animal shelters and tool premises of two farms using traps and manual aspiration methods. Larval sampling was performed by exploring potential breeding sites along the Albegna riverbed. Anophelinae adults and larvae were morphologically identified at the species level, and subsamples were molecularly confirmed by sequencing the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene and the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 2 region.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A total of 1,106 adult mosquitoes were collected from July to October 2022. <jats:italic>Anopheles superpictus<\/jats:italic> was the most abundant species recorded (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009512; 46%), peaking in August and found in sympatry with <jats:italic>An. labranchiae<\/jats:italic>, the main historical malaria vector in Maremma Plain. <jats:italic>Anopheles superpictus<\/jats:italic> larvae were found in seven of the twelve investigated sites, with 50 specimens collected (mean density: 0.1\u20130.2 larvae per dip). Snapshot surveys in September 2023 and 2024 confirmed the stable occurrence of the species in the area.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              <jats:italic>Anopheles superpictus<\/jats:italic> was consistently recorded in an area where it had not been previously documented. These findings provide new insights into the current presence and distribution of the species in Italy and at the European level, notably including the first recent identification of natural breeding sites. 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