Khalin A.V.1,2, Aibulatov S.V.1,2, Lyutikova N.A.1, Fedorov D.D.2, Bespyatova L.A.1, Bugmyrin S.V.1* 2026. Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Karelia (northwestern Russia): new distribution data // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.35. No.1: 100–120 [in English].
1 Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk 185910 Russia.
2 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia.
* Corresponding authors
Alexei Khalin: hallisimo@yandex.ru; ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0662-8857
Sergey Aibulatov: s.v.aibulatov@gmail.com; ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0699-1701
Natalia A. Lyutikova: tasha_dein@mail.ru; ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4160-0461
Daniil Fedorov: leeroy.1996@mail.ru; ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4019-5651
Liubov Bespyatova: gamasina@mail.ru; ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4269-1016
Sergey Bugmyrin: sbugmyr@mail.ru; ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-6933
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.35.1.06
ABSTRACT. The article provides an overview of the mosquito fauna of Karelia based on our field samples and on literature data (including archives data). We collected 39,501 mosquito specimens in all districts and urban areas of Karelia from May to September 2023–2025. The collections of IB KarRC RAS (Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3,403 specimens) and of ZIN RAS (Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 97 specimens) were examined. The updated checklist includes 39 mosquito species of the genera Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Culiseta, and Coquillettidia, of which 33 species were collected in the field and identified by the external morphology of female, male genitalia or larva. The distribution of all mosquito species in ten biogeographic provinces of Karelia is reviewed. Aedes geminus was first recorded in Karelia, while Ae. cantans, Ae. cinereus, Ae. communis, Ae. excrucians, Ae. euedes, Ae. punctor, Ae. diantaeus, Ae. hexodontus, Ae. nigrinus, Culiseta alaskaensis, Cs. bergrothi, and Cs. morsitans are new records for southwestern Karelia. Aedes vexans, Ae. hexodontus, and Ae. intrudens are reported for the first time for central Karelia. The northern range borders were updated for Ae. geminus, Ae. vexans, Ae. sticticus, Anopheles claviger, Culex torrentium, and Coquillettidia richiardii.
KEY WORDS: fauna, checklist, Anopheles, Aedes, Culiseta, Culex, Coquillettidia.