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The fauna and distribution of black flies (Diptera, Simuliidae) in rivers of the south-eastern Altai Mountains

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The spatial and typological structure of black fly populations were studied in different landscapes under different hydrological conditions at altitudes of 1000 to 2100 m. The effects of altitude, water temperature, flow velocity, granulometric composition of ground, and size of rivers are assessed. The black fly associations appeared to be most diverse in the upper and lower sections of the longitudinal profiles of the rivers studied. Transit species comprised the main part of the black fly associations.

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Original Russian Text © L.V. Petrozhitskaya, V.I. Rod’kina, 2007, Vol. 86, No. 7, pp. 831–838.

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Petrozhitskaya, L.V., Rod’kina, V.I. The fauna and distribution of black flies (Diptera, Simuliidae) in rivers of the south-eastern Altai Mountains. Entmol. Rev. 87, 677–684 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001387380706005X

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