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Evaluation of species composition and seasonal dynamics of mosquito larvae in the Košice Basin during 2010 and 2011

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In six sites in the Košice Basin we collected 17,520 larvae of 15 mosquito species during the seasons (April–August) of 2010 and 2011. They were: Aedes vexans (Meigen, 1830), Ae. cinereus (Meigen, 1818) [or Ae. rossicus (Dolbeskin, Gorickaja & Mitrofanova, 1930], Ochlerotatus geniculatus (Olivier, 1791), Oc. refiki (Medschid, 1928), Oc. rusticus (Rossi, 1790), Oc. sticticus (Meigen, 1838), Oc. punctor (Kirby, 1837), Oc. cataphylla (Dyar, 1916), Oc. cantans (Meigen, 1818)[or Oc. annulipes (Meigen, 1830)], Oc. communis (De Geer, 1776), Oc. flavescens (Müller, 1764), Oc. leucomelas (Meigen, 1804), Culiseta annulata (Schrank, 1776), Culex pipiens (L., 1758) [or Cx. torrentium (Martini, 1925)] and Anopheles maculipennis s.l. The objective of the present research was to identify the mosquito larvae species diversity and compare their distribution and density in urban and suburban localities of the monitored territory.

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  1. Department of Epizootology and Prasitology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, SK-04181, Košice, Slovakia

    Eva Bocková & Alica Kočišová

  2. Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute Bratislava (SHMI), Regional Centre in Košice, Ďumbierska 26, SK-04117, Košice, Slovakia

    Helena Hlavatá

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Bocková, E., Kočišová, A. & Hlavatá, H. Evaluation of species composition and seasonal dynamics of mosquito larvae in the Košice Basin during 2010 and 2011. Biologia 68, 337–344 (2013). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-013-0150-1

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