Northernmost records of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in northwestern Russia

A.V. Khalin & S.V. Aibulatov

Abstract. The northernmost records of all 47 mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) recorded from northwestern Russia, are reviewed and mapped for the first time, based on the recently collected original material, the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the available published data. All records of Aedes rossicus Dolbeskin, Gorickaja et Mitrofanova, 1930, Ae. caspius (Pallas, 1771) and Ae. detritus Haliday, 1833 in northwestern Russia are considered as doubtful.
Key words: mosquitoes, distribution, northwestern Russia, Culicidae, northern records

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2021, 30(1): 46-63  ▪  Published online 17 May 2021


https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2021.30.1.46  ▪  Open full article  

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