Smulkiųjų mašalų (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) paplitimas skirtingose buveinėse

• Main Author: Bernotienė, Rasa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Biting midges; Habitat; Diptera; Ceratopogonidae; taiga
• Online Access: http://lmavb.lvb.lt/LMAVB:ELABAPDB5355919&prefLang=en_US

Biting midges are small dipterous insects. The biting midges females are nectarofagous, predators on insects, ectoparasites of insects and bloodsucker on birds and mammals. Larvae of biting midges develop in moist. Biting midges were collected in the 10 different localities. A great variety of biting midges is characteristic of mixed and deciduous forest, swampy deciduous forest, and also raised bog . A small variety of biting midges is typical of pinewood and river walley. The dominant biting midge species most often varied with different habitats. Some species of biting midges were collected in all habitats investigated. To distinguish biting midge species characteristic of separate habitats the index of fidelity to habitat was established. Biting midge species peculiar to raised bog (8 species), western taiga, pinewood (8 species), broadleaved and mixed forest (7 species) and swampy deciduous forest (11 species) habitats were defined. Culicoides were found to be dominant in raised bogs and pinewoods and Forcipomyia proved to be the prevailing species in mixed and deciduous forests. Fidelity to certain habitats may be accounted for the peculiarities of biting midge development.