title: [The mosquito fauna of Smolensk and Kaluga provinces].
abstract: The mosquitos collected in Smolensk and Kaluga provinces in 1985 by the expedition team of the D. I. Ivanovskiĭ Institute of Virology were identified by V. N. Danilov in 1986. Among the females of mosquitos collected in Smolensk Province four genera and 16 species were recorded; two genera (Culiseta, Mansonia) and 9 species were new ones for this region. Taking in account the reference data (excluding Anopheles hircanus and Aedes behningi, the presence of which here is doubtful) there 22 species of mosquitos of five genera (Anopheles--3, Aedes--16, Mansonia, Culiseta, Culex--one of each) are recently known in Smolensk Province. Among the females of mosquitos collected in Kaluga Province, two genera and 8 species were found including one genus (Mansonia) and three species being a new ones for this region. Together with the reference data, there 17 species of mosquitos of four genera (Anopheles--2, Aedes--13, Mansonia, Culex--one of each) are known now for Kaluga Province.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gornostaeva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012426:Russia; D012621:Seasons
vernacular_title: K faune komarov Smolenskoĭ i Kaluzhskoĭ oblasteĭ.