title: [Blood-sucking biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) in north central Siberia].
abstract: 6000 adult punkies were collected from man and animals over a period of 15 years in the Taimyr and Evenki Autonomous Okrugs of Krasnoyarsk Territory. Four species Culicoides chiopterus, C. pulicaris, C. fascipennis, C. alatavicus are reported from tundra and forest-tundra of Taimyr (68 degrees 00'-73 degrees 13' N). Punkies of the above species are small in number and do not occur all over the region. In northern and middle taiga of Evenkia (60 degrees 20'-65 degrees 45' N) punkies are very abundant and occur everywhere. 7 species C. obsoletus, C. chiopterus, C. punctatus, C. pulicaris, C. grisescens, C. fascipennis, C. helveticus are reported from this region. A relative abundance of punkies in the complex of bloodsucking Diptera during a summer period in different landscape zones is shown. Their seasonal and daily activity is shown and maximum levels of attacking man, reindeer and dog are given.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Mezenev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000145:classification*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000453:epidemiology; D011156:Population Density; D012621:Seasons; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Krovososushchie mokretsy (Ceratopogonidae) Severa sredneĭ Sibiri.