Bloodsucking Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) In, the Tula Region Are Potential Vectors of Dirofilarias
Bogacheva, A.S.; Ganushkina, L.A.; Lopatina, Y.V.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 4: 18-22
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 26827580 Document Number: 682461
Bloodsucking mosquitoes were collected in Tula and its Region in May to August 2013-2014. The fauna included 17 species from 5 genera in the subfamily Culicinae and Anopheles maculipennis complex in the subsystem Anophelinae. Ochlerotatus cantans was a dominant species in the collections. The dominant species also included Aedes einereus, Ae. vexans, Ae. geniculatus, Och. diantaeus, Och. intrudens, Och. Cataphylla, and Culex pipiens. The possible value of different mosquito species Dirofilaria repens and D. immitis as vectors of dirofilarasis was discussed.