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Seasonal Activity of Mosquito Larvae (Diptera, Culicidae) in the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve (the Republic of Belarus)

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Seasonal activity of mosquito larvae (Diptera, Culicidae) was studied 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. flavescens, A. intrudens, A. leucomelas, A. mercurator, A. punctor, A. riparius, A. sticticus, Anopheles maculipennis, A. messeae, and Culex territans.

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  1. We use the classification of Culicidae proposed by Wilkerson and co-authors (Wilkerson et al., 2021).

  2. The III and IV instar larvae, unless specified otherwise.

  3. The period of recording Aedes flavescens larvae is not considered here, since the species was found only in a few samples.

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The work of A.V. Khalin was financially supported by the Additional State Assignment (State Registration Number: 122031100263-1).

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  1. Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

    D. S. Suslo

  2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. V. Khalin

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Suslo, D.S., Khalin, A.V. Seasonal Activity of Mosquito Larvae (Diptera, Culicidae) in the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve (the Republic of Belarus). Entmol. Rev. 103, 131–143 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873823020021

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