The Fauna of Mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of the Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve (Komi Republic)

Аннотация

New data are presented on the fauna and ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve in the Komi Republic, based on collections performed in 2016–2017 in Yaksha region (4604 specimens) and material from the science museum of the Institute of Biology, the Komi Science Center (2195 specimens collected in 1964). Four species from 3 genera of mosquitoes are reported as new to the reserve: Aedes behningi Martini, 1926, A. mercurator Dyar, 1920, Culiseta bergrothi (Edwards, 1921), and Culex torrentium Martini, 1925; the latter species is also recorded for the first time from the Komi Republic. The current list of mosquitoes of the Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve comprises 27 species.