Mirzaeva A.G.1, Panyukova E.V.2 2025. Methods for collection and evaluation of blood-sucking mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Preimaginal phases // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.24. No.4: 179–188 [in English].
1 Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Str. 11, Novosibirsk 630091 Russia. E-mail: agny01@mail
2 Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya Str. 28, Komi Republic, Syktyvkar 167982 Russia. E-mail: panjukova@ib.komisc.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.24.04.01
ABSTRACT. There is a lot of information on the number of blood-sucking mosquitoes obtained by different methods and scientists. The use of different methods makes it difficult to compare the data. So, there is a need to unify the existing mosquito counting methods. The practical significance of the Culicidae family representatives makes it highly important to standardise mosquito counts at different development stages. The article provides an overview and a comparative analysis of the currently existing quantitative collection methods of the preimaginal phases of mosquitoes. The authors discuss the advantages and application limitations of different methods. They propose a new method for the quantitative collection of preimaginal stages of the Culicidae mosquitoes in deep water-bodies using the improved version of the Sazonova net-frame.
KEY WORDS: Larvae of blood-sucking mosquitoes, methods of quantitative collection, count, sample, sampler, net-frame.