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Mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of European Russia

R.M. Gornostaeva
E.I. Marsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Russia, 119435, Moscow,
M. Pyrogovskaya, 20. E-mail gornostaeva@newmail.ru.

Abstract
A revised checklist based on data contained in Russian manuals and monographs on the mosquitoes
of the former USSR, as well as many articles on the mosquitoes of European Russia, is presented.

Introduction
The first and only checklist of the mosquitoes of European Russia was compiled by Stojanovich &
Scott (1995). A revised checklist based on distributional data contained in Russian manuals and
monographs on the systematics, biology and ecology of mosquitoes of the former USSR (Shtakelberg,
1937; Beklemishev, 1939, 1944, 1949; Gutsevich et al., 1971; Derbeneva-Uhova, 1974; Gutsevich &
Dubitskiy, 1981; Ward, 1987; Mamednyiazov, 1992), as well as many articles on the mosquitoes of
European Russia, is presented here. The classification and valid species names are listed according
to the Catalog of the Mosquitoes of the World (Knight & Stone, 1977) and its supplements (Knight,
1978; Ward, 1984, 1992; Gaffigan & Ward, 1985), with the exception of four species: Aedes duplex, Ae.
pulcritarsis, Ae. rossicus and Ae. schtakelbergi which are discussed below. An asterisk follows those
species whose presence in European Russia is doubtful.

Subfamily Anophelinae

Genus Anopheles
Subgenus Anopheles
algeriensis Theobald, 1903
atroparvus Van Theil, 1927
beklemishevi Stegnii & Kabanova, 1976
claviger (Meigen, 1804)
hyrcanus (Pallas, 1771)
maculipennis Meigen, 1818
melanoon Hackett, 1934
messeae Falleroni, 1926
plumbeus Stephens, 1828
sacharovi Favre, 1903
subalpinus Hackett & Lewis, 1935
Subgenus Cellia
superpictus Grassi, 1899

Subfamily Culicinae
Genus Aedes
Subgenus Aedes
cinereus Meigen, 1818
rossicus Dolbeskin, Gorickaja & Mitrofanova, 1930
Subgenus Aedimorphus
vexans (Meigen, 1830)
Subgenus Finlaya
geniculatus (Olivier, 1791)
pulcritarsis (Rondani, 1872)
Subgenus Ochlerotatus
annulipes (Meigen, 1830)
behningi Martini, 1926
cantans (Meigen, 1818)
caspius (Pallas, 1771)
cataphylla Dyar, 1916
communis (De Geer, 1776)
cyprius Ludlow, 1919
detritus (Haliday, 1833)
diantaeus Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1912
dorsalis (Meigen, 1830)
euedes Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1912
excrucians (Walker, 1856)
flavescens (Muller, 1764)
hexodontus Dyar, 1916
impiger (Walker, 1848)
intrudens Dyar, 1919
leucomelas (Meigen, 1804)
nigrinus (Eckstein, 1918)
nigripes (Zetterstedt, 1838)
pionips Dyar, 1919
pullatus (Coquillett, 1904)
punctor (Kirby, 1837)
riparius Dyar & Knab, 1907
sticticus (Meigen, 1838)
Subgenus Rusticoidus
rusticus (Rossi, 1790)*
subdiversus Martini, 1926
Subgenus Stegomyia
aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)*
cretinus Edwards, 1921*
Genus Coquillettidia
Subgenus Coquillettidia
richiardii (Ficalbi, 1889)
Genus Culex
Subgenus Barraudius
modestus Ficalbi, 1889
Subgenus Culex
mimeticus Noe, 1899
pipiens Linnaeus, 1758
theileri Theobald, 1903
torrentium Martini, 1925
vagans Wiedemann, 1828
Subgenus Maillotia
hortensis Ficalbi, 1889
Subgenus Neoculex
territans Walker, 1856

Genus Culiseta
Subgenus Allotheobaldia Broelemann, 1919
longiareolata (Macquart, 1838)
Subgenus Culicella
fumipennis (Stephens, 1825)*
morsitans (Theobald, 1901)
ochroptera (Peus, 1935)
Subgenus Culiseta
alaskaensis (Ludlow, 1906)
annulata (Schrank, 1776)
bergrothi (Edwards, 1921)
subochrea (Edwards, 1921)

Genus Orthopodomyia
pulcripalpis (Rondani, 1872)

Genus Uranotaenia
Subgenus Pseudoficalbia
unguiculata Edwards, 1913

Comments

1. Anopheles melanoon and Anopheles subalpinus
Shtakelberg (1937) considered melanoon and subalpinus as valid names for two rare subspecies of the
Anopheles maculipennis complex. Beklemishev (1949), Gutsevich et al. (1971) and Derbeneva-Uhova (1974)
used melanoon as the valid subspecies name and subalpinus as a junior synonym. Gutsevich & Dubitskiy (1981)
substituted the subspecies name melanoon for the subspecies name subalpinus without explanation.
Mamednyiazov (1992) used melanoon again but as a specific name. Knight & Stone (1977) followed Bates (1940)
in recognizing subalpinus as a subspecies of melanoon. More recently, Ribeiro et al. (1988) elevated subalpinus
to species status. Following Ward (1992) and Shtakelberg (1937), both melanoon and subalpinus are listed as
valid species in this checklist.

2. Aedes duplex Martini, 1926 and Aedes schtakelbergi Shingarev, 1928
Knight & Stone (1977) recognize Aedes duplex and Aedes schtakelbergi as valid species. However, Aedes
schtakelbergi is a synonym of Ae. leucomelas (Shtakelberg, 1937; Gornostaeva, 1997) and Aedes duplex was
consigned to synonymy with Ae. caspius by Gutsevich et. al. (1971). Therefore these species are not given in the
checklists of mosquitoes of the former USSR (Gutsevich et. al., 1971; Gutsevich & Dubitskiy, 1981;
Mamednyiazov, 1992) and this checklist. The synonymy of duplex and caspius is however problematic and may
need further investigation.

3 Aedes rossicus
Shtakelberg (1937) considered rossicus as a valid species but L'vov (1956), Gutsevich et. al. (1971) and
Gutsevich & Dubitskiy (1981) relegated rossicus to a subspecies of cinereus. However Peus (1972) and Ward
(1984) regard it as subspecies of esoensis. Ae. rossicus and Ae. esoensis exhibit different morphology and are
regarded as valid species. Only the former species occurs in European Russia.

4. Aedes pulcritarsis
Knight & Stone (1977) placed this species in the subgenus Ochlerotatus but Danilov (1982) transferred it to the
subgenus Finlaya. This has been followed in this checklist.

5. Culex pipiens
In European Russia, as in other parts of the continent, Culex pipiens has been shown to exhibit both autogenous
(the form molestus of some authors) and anautogenous characteristics.
6. Doubtful records
The occurrence of Culiseta fumipennis in European Russia is problematic. Larvae are required to identify this
species, but none has been found in European Russia. Gutsevich et al. (1971) regarded the presence of Ae.
rusticus in Russia as doubtful. This species has been recorded only in the Leningrad district and probably
represents a misidentification. Bashkareva (1931) is the only source of information about the presence of Ae.
cretinus in the Sochi environs. Aedes aegypti was introduced into the south of Russia at the beginning of the 20th
century, but there is no current information to support the presence of this species along the Black Sea coast or
adjoining territories. Thus it is doubtful that four of the 64 species included in the checklist actually occur in
European Russia.

7. Differences between this checklist and that of Stojanovich & Scott
This checklist differs from that of Stojanovich & Scott (1995) in a number of respects. Anopheles labranchiae,
Aedes rempeli, Ae. refiki and Coquillettida buxtoni are not included since they have not been found in European
Russia. These authors probably included Culiseta graphyroptera in their checklist because of a published
discovery of this species in the Leningrad district. The specimens on which this record was based were later
identified as Cs. bergrothi (Gutsevich et al., 1971). Therefore Cs. graphyroptera is not included in the revised
checklist. For purposes of taxonomic correctness, Anopheles bifurcatus is replaced by An. claviger, Aedes
beklemishevi by Ae. euedes (Gornostaeva, 1997), and Culiseta setivalva is not included as it is a junior synonym
of Cs. fumipennis (Danilov, 1984). Stojanovich & Scott did not include Anopheles beklemishevi, Culiseta
subochrea and Aedes rossicus in their checklist, but these species are included here as they are known to occur
in European Russia.

Conclusions
The mosquito fauna of European Russia has not been studied sufficiently. In most parts of the region (for
example in most areas of central Russia and in the North Caucasus) mosquitoes have not been investigated in
detail since 1930-1940. Only the An. maculipennis complex has been studied, in which case cytogenetic methods
resulted in the description of An. beklemishevi (Stegnii & Kabanova, 1976). Cytogenetic methods should also be
used to study An. hyrcanus, Aedes caspius and Ae. detritus. We have every reason to suppose that additions
and corrections will be made to the checklist as a result of further research.

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Type/Species                                                                                                     

Anopheles claviger                         
An. (An.) Messea Fall.                         
An. (An.)Beklemishevi Stegn.         
Culiseta longiaeolata Macq.     
C. (C.) alaskaensis Lude           
C. (C.) beegrothi Edw.  
C. (C.) morsitans Theob.   
C. (C.) ochroptera Peus.   
Mansonia richiardii Fic.
Aedes (O.) caspius Pall.    
A. c. caspius Pall.       
A. c. dorsalis Mg.    
A. (O.) cantans Mg.  
A. (O.) riparius D.K.        
A. (O.) behningi Mart.           
A. (O.) excrucians Walk.         
A. (O.) beklemishevi Den.        
A. (O.) flavescens Mull..       
A. (O.) cyprius Ludi.       
A. (O.)subdiversus Mart.  
A. (O.) communis Deg.  
A. (O.) pionips Dyar   
A. (O.) punctor Kirby     
A. (O.) hexodontus Dyar      
A. (O.) sticticus Mg.      
A. (O.) diantaeus H.D.K.      
A. (O.) intrudens Dyar       
A. (O.) pullatus Cog.      
A. nigripes Zett.     
A. (O.) impiger Walk.     
A. (O.) cataphylla Dyar     
A. (O.) leucomelas Mg.     
A. (O.) detritus Hal.    
A. (O.) vexans Mg.    
A. v. vexans Mg.              
A. v. nipponii Theob.    
A. (S.) galloisi Yam.     
A. (A.) cinereus Mg.        
A. c. cinereus Mg.       
A. c. rossicus D.G.M.  
Culex (B.) modestus Fic.        
C. (N.) territans Walk.       
C. (C.) vegans Wied.       
C. (C.) pipiens L.       
C. p. pipiens L.       
C. p. molestus Forsk.       

Compiled by: Tomsk State University -- Entomology Department