title: [Autumn ecology of Culicoides riethi (Ceratopogonidae) in the Kalmyk ASSR].
abstract: The activity of imago, habitats of preimaginal stages, intensity of the autumn hatching of imago and the initial period of their hibernation were investigated in summer-autumn of 1975 in the Kalmyk ASSR. The activity of winged insects in September was rather high, decreased in mid-October and ceased virtually by the beginning of November. The pupation and emergence of midges take place up to the second decade of October. IIId and IVth -instar larvae hibernate.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000502:physiology*; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D006605:Hibernation; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D012426:Russia; D012621:Seasons
vernacular_title: K osenneĭ ékologii Culicoides riethi (Ceratopogonidae) v Kalmytskoĭ ASSR.