Seasonal dynamics of mosquito larvae (Diptera, Culicidae) in the Berezinsky biosphere reserve (the Republic of Belarus)

Abstract

Seasonal dynamics of mosquito larvae (Diptera, Culicidae) was investigated in the period from April to September of 2016, 2017 and 2018 in the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve (Vitebsk Province, Belarus). We studied the larvae of 19 mosquito species: Aedes cinereus , A. vexans , A. annulipes , A. cantans , A. cataphylla , A. communis , A. cyprius , A. euedes , A. excrucians , A. avescens , A. intrudens , A. leucomelas , A. mercurator , A. punctor , A. riparius , A. sticticus , Anopheles maculipennis , A. messeae , and Culex territans .