BACKGROUND Mosquito-borne diseases are a major public health threat in Iran. The objective of this study was to determine the fauna of culicinae mosquitoes for future mosquito control programs. METHODS THREE GENERA AND ELEVEN SPECIES OF THE SUBFAMILY CULICINAE (DIPTERA: Culicidae) were collected by dipping technique and identified in Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchistan Province, southeast...

The utility of a nuclear protein-coding gene for reconstructing phylogenetic relationships within the family Culicidae was explored. Relationships among 13 species representing three subfamilies and nine genera of Culicidae were analyzed using a 762-bp fragment of coding sequence from the eye color gene, white. Outgroups for the study were two species from the sister group Chaoboridae. Sequence...

there are some arboviral and parasitic diseases which are transmitted by culicine mosquitoes in iran. three genera and eleven species of the subfamily culicinae (diptera: culicidae) were collected by dipping method and identified in kahnooj district, kerman province, south-eastern iran, during october and november, 2003 including; culex (culex) bitaeniorhynchus, cx. (maillotia) deserticola, cx....

The distribution of the Iranian Culicinae is updated and reported by province. Larval habitat characteristics of each species, based on the information gathered throughout its range in Iran and at different times during the breeding season, are also presented.

background: mosquito-borne diseases are a major public health threat in iran. the objective of this study was to de­ter­mine the fauna of culicinae mosquitoes for future mosquito control programs. methods: three genera and eleven species of the subfamily culicinae (diptera: culicidae) were collected by dipping tech­nique and identified in chabahar county, sistan and baluchistan province, southe...

in the previous studies by foreign investigators on culicinae fauna of iran two culiseta, cs. longiareolata and cs. annulata; one coguillettidia, cog. richiardii, and one uranotaenia species, ur. unguiculata have been reported. in the comprehensive study of the culicinae fauna of iran, made by the school of public health, teheran university, since 1980, not only all named species, except one, w...

The urban area of Dakar, Senegal, contains > 5,000 market-garden wells that provide permanent sites for mosquito larvae, in particular Anopheles arabiensis Patton, the major vector of malaria. A study of the bioecology of mosquito larvae was conducted over 1 yr with a monthly visit to 48 of these wells. Overall, 9,589 larvae were collected of which 80.1% were Culicinae and 11.9% Anophelinae. La...

an investigation was conducted to study the larvicidal activity of teknar (san-402-i-bacillus thuringiensis, serotype h-14, sandoz, 600 itu/mg) on mosquitolarvaein kazeroun, fars province, southern iran. five experimental plots were selected randomly in a rice field and three concentrations of teknar: .0003, .0006 and .0012 cc/1 was used. maximum larval mortality usually occurred during the fir...