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Issue: Vol. 5636 No. 1: 15 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.4
Page range: 102-120
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Updated checklist of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) known to occur in Iran, with updated keys to the genera, subgenera and species of Aedes

Research Center of Health and Environment; School of Health; Guilan University of Medical Sciences; Rasht; Iran; Department of Medical Parasitology; Mycology and Entomology; School of Medicine; Guilan University of Medical Sciences; Rasht; Iran
Department of Science; Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; London SW7 5BD; UK
Diptera Aedes aegypti Aedes asiaticus Aedes cinereus Aedes unilineatus Mansonia Orthopodomyia identification keys

Abstract

The list of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) found in Iran is updated to include new country records, and keys are provided to identify the adult females and fourth-instar larvae to subfamily and genus. Keys are also provided to identify the adult females and fourth-instar larvae of Aedes to subgenus and species. New additions to the keys, which constitute a supplement to the keys of Azari-Hamidian & Harbach (2009), include Aedes cinereus, Ae. unilineatus, Mansonia uniformis and Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis, which were recently recorded in the country, and Ae. asiaticus, which was previously recognized as a subspecies of Ae. pulcritarsis. Seventy-three species representing eight genera are now known to occur in Iran.

 

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Azari-Hamidian, S. & Harbach, R.E. (2025) Updated checklist of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) known to occur in Iran, with updated keys to the genera, subgenera and species of Aedes. Zootaxa, 5636 (1), 102–120. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.4