in order to study the mosquito fauna of iran, and to prepare the temporal as well as the spatial distribution of the iranian mosquitoes, a comprehensive study has started since 1981. in this program in which more than 60.000 mosquito larvae, from different breeding sites has been studied, 15 species of culex are reported. these are;cx. arbieeni, cx. bitaeniorhynchus, cx. deserticola, cx. horten...

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....

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...

an investigation was carried out during april to december 2000 to study mosquito fauna and ecology in guilan prov ince of northern iran. the mosquito larvae were collected by dipping method and larval habitat characteristics recorded ac cording to hydro-ecological features. in total, 3937 larvae of the genus culex from 92 larval breeding sites were collected. six spe cies of the genus culex; cx...