Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the northeastern Palaearctic

• Main Authors: A.V. Khalin, S.V. Aibulatov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Science, Federal state budgetary institution 2024
• Subjects: mosquitoes; culicidae; aedes; culiseta; fauna; northeastern palaearctic; russia; Zoology; QL1-991; Chukotka; Kamchatka; Republic of Sakha; Wrangel Island; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10830186; https://doaj.org/article/d5f3515e123f4304b2e1c2e719619b83

Records of 25 mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in the northeastern Palaearctic are reviewed and mapped. In our study, the northeastern Palaearctic includes Magadan Region, Chukotka Autonomous Region, northeastern Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (Nizhnekolymskiy, Srednekolymskiy, and Verkhnekolymskiy districts), northern Kamchatka Region (Penzhinskiy and Olyutorskiy districts) of Russia. The collection records (coordinates and localities) are provided for each of 25 mosquito species: Aedes cinereus Meigen, 1818, A. rossicus Dolbeskin, Gorickaja et Mitrofanova, 1930, A. cataphylla Dyar, 1916, A. communis (De Geer, 1776), A. diantaeus Howard, Dyar et Knab, 1913, A. dorsalis (Meigen, 1830), A. euedes Howard, Dyar et Knab, 1913, A. excrucians (Walker, 1856), A. fitchii (Felt et Young, 1904), A. flavescens (Müller, 1764), A. hexodontus Dyar, 1916, A. impiger (Walker, 1848), A. implicatus Vockeroth, 1954, A. intrudens Dyar, 1919, A. leucomelas (Meigen, 1804), A. mercurator Dyar, 1920, A. nigripes (Zetterstedt, 1838), A. pionips Dyar, 1919, A. pullatus (Coquillett, 1904), A. punctor (Kirby, 1837), A. rempeli Vockeroth, 1954, A. riparius Dyar et Knab, 1907, A. vexans (Meigen, 1830), Culiseta alaskaensis (Ludlow, 1906), and C. bergrothi (Edwards, 1921). Our study is based on the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (562 specimens) and the available published data. Using the collection data, the range boundaries for Aedes communis, A. impiger, A. nigripes, A. pionips, A. pullatus, A. punctor, and Culiseta alaskaensis are specified, as well the distribution of Aedes punctor on Wrangel Island is indicated. Data on the regional fauna of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Chukotka Autonomous Region and Kamchatka are supplemented. For Aedes impiger and A. pionips, coordinates and localities in Nizhnekolymskiy District of Yakutia are given for the first time; for A. communis, A. excrucians, A. pullatus and A. punctor, coordinates and localities in Penzhinskiy and Olyutorskiy districts of ...