摘要：Doosti S, Yaghoobi-Ershadi MR, Sedahhat MM, Akbarzadeh K, Godwin GN2021Larval habitats characteristics of Culicinae subfamily in southern of IranNusantara Bioscience 13: 194-201Globally, mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are known vectors of many diseases such as Malaria, Dengue fever, Sindbis, West Nile virus, Rift Vally fever, Japanese encephalitis, and FilariasisThis study aimed to determine larval habitat characteristics of mosquitoes in the southern part of Iran during 2009-2013The study was carried out in mosquitoes' larval habitats, and samples were collected using dipping and pipette methodsThe larvae were kept in lactophenol solution and transferred to the laboratory of Medical EntomologyThen, microscopic slides were prepared and species were identified using reliable morphological keysCharacteristics of larval breeding places were investigated based on the habitat type, water conditions, vegetation, and sunlight exposureA total of 8188 mosquito larvae were collected from 209 different breeding placesIn all, 20 mosquito species belonging to 4 genera were identifiedCulex quienquefaciatus, Cxpipiens, Culiseta longiareolata, Cxtritaeniorhynchus, Cxsitiens, Cxtheileri and Aedes caspius were the most common species found in this studyThe southern part of Iran has the most wharfs and airports across the countryAdditionally, there is a high diversity of medically important mosquito species like Cxpipiens and Cxtritaeniorhynchus, Aealbopictus and Aevexans from the Culicidae familyThe species are capable of vectoring various diseases in the southern part of Iran; hence, there is a need for more investigations.
