Mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of the Republic of Belarus

Records of 43 mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Republic of Belarus are revised and mapped. The collection records (coordinates and localities) are provided for Aedes cinereus , A . rossicus , A. annulipes , A. behningi , A. cantans , A. caspius , A. cataphylla , A. communis , A. cyprius , A. detritus , A. diantaeus , A. dorsalis , A. euedes , A. excrucians , A. flavescens , A. hexodontus , A. intrudens , A. leucomelas , A. mercurator , A. pionips , A. pullatus , A. punctor , A. riparius , A. sticticus , A . geniculatus , A . vexans , Anopheles atroparvus , A. claviger , A. maculipennis , A. messeae , A. daciae , A. plumbeus , A. hyrcanus , Culex modestus , C. pipiens , C. torrentium , C. territans , Culiseta fumipennis , C. morsitans , C. ochroptera , C. alaskaensis , C. annulata , and Coquillettidia richiardii . The study is based on the collections of the Scienti c and Practical Centre for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (10 719 specimens) and the Zoological Institute RAS (St. Petersburg), as well as on published data. Based on the collection data, the mosquito distribution in Belarus is clari ed. Anopheles hyrcanus is rst recorded in Gomel Province of Belarus. Fourteen species are recorded for four districts of three Belarusian provinces for the rst time.