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In years 2010–2013, we collected mosquito larvae and adults at selected locations in Eastern Slovakia. We have identified 22 mosquito species belonging to 6 genera: Aedes (4 species), Anopheles (4 species), Coquillettidia (1 species), Culiseta (1 species), Culex (3 species) and Ochlerotatus (11 species), with eudominant representation of Culex pipiens/Cx. torrentium (42.36%), Aedes vexans (36.65%) and Ochlerotatus sticticus (12.15%). As for larvae, we collected 16 species belonging to 5 genera: Aedes (4 species), Anopheles (1 species), Culex (2 species), Culiseta (1 species) and Ochlerotatus (8 species). Out of the total number of 29,155 specimens of identified larvae, eudominant species were again Cx. pipiens (33.80%), Ae. vexans (19.27%) and Oc. cantans (15.99%). Seasonal changes in the population dynamics of individual species of larvae, as well as adults, reflect different climatic conditions of local sites.
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The research was carried out within the execution of the VEGA Project No. 1/0080/15 (share 0.7), the basic research of the National Referential Laboratory for Pesticides of the University of Veterinary Medicine and execution of the project “Centre of Excellence for Parasitology” (ITMS code: 26220120022) for the support of the operational program for the research and development which is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (share 0.3).
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Bocková, E., Kočišová, A. Species composition of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in relation to climate conditions in South-Eastern Slovakia. Biologia 71, 204–211 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2016-0025
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