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The distribution of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) in the Republic of Azerbaijan

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The mosquito fauna in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan comprises 24 species from 7 genera. The dominant species are Anopheles sacharovi, Culex pipiens, Aedes caspius, and Ae. geniculatus in the forest area, and Coquillettidia richiardii in the lowlands, where there are swamps overgrown with reeds.

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Original Russian Text © N.D. Namazov, 2013, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2013, Vol. 92, No. 4, pp. 852–855.

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Namazov, N.D. The distribution of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Entmol. Rev. 94, 280–282 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873814020171

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