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The biology of northern mosquitoes.

Ecologie comparee des espkces de moustiques holarctiques (Diptera: culicidae)

In the middle North, the majority of culicid species have a circumboreal distribution, 26 species being holarctic After 5 years of ecological studies done by the author, the results gathered in the boreal, subarctic, and hemiarctic zones of the Quebec–Labrador peninsula are compared with the ecological data published by various authors in North America (Nearctic), Western Europe, Fenno-Scandinavia and overall Eurosiberia (Palearctic) When necessary, these compared analyses are discussed From this comparison it may be concluded that, quantitatively and qualitatively, holarctic mosquito species are found in homologous species associations and larval breeding sites whatever the middle-northern country concerned The author has placed particular emphasis on papers published in the last decade by Soviet authors

Ecologie comparée des espèces de moustiques holarctiques (Diptera : culicidae)

Abstract In Hungary, the boreal-alpine mosquito Aedes punctor has a disjunct distribution limited to the Hungarian mid-mountains. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential effect of global warming on the future (2041–2060 and 2061–2080) climatic suitability for the mosquito in Hungary. The results indicate the heterogeneous, but in general, the negative effect of climate change on the distribution area of Aedes punctor in this region. The models predict the total loss of mosquito habitat in the Transdanubian mountain ranges (Bakony-Balaton and Mecsek Mts.) for 2061–2080. In the North Hungarian Mountains (in the Mátra Mts.), climatic alterations may result in the habitat contraction, but not total disappearance of the climatically suitable areas for Aedes punctor at higher elevations of mountain ranges. It can be concluded that climate change can cause the altitudinal shift of the suitable habitats and the range-contraction of Hungarian middle mountains-inhabiting populations of the mosquito in Hungary in the second half of the twenty-first century assuming that the future climatic needs of the species would remain the same as at present. 

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W. C. Frohne

Papers

Tundra Mosquitoes at Naknek, Alaska Peninsula