Family Culicidae Meigen, 1818 |
Subfamily Anophelinae Grassi, 1900 |
Genus Anopheles Meigen, 1818 |
Subgenus Anopheles Meigen, 1818 |
1 – An. (Ano.) claviger (Meigen, 1804) (see Note 1) |
2 – An. (Ano.) hyrcanus (Pallas, 1771) |
Anopheles maculipennis Meigen, 1818 Species Group (see Note 2) |
3 – An. (Ano.) maculipennis s.s. Meigen, 1818 |
4 – An. (Ano.) sacharovi Favre, 1903 |
5 – An. (Ano.) plumbeus Stephens, 1828 |
Subgenus Cellia Theobald, 1902 |
6 – An. (Cel.) superpictus Grassi, 1899 (see Note 3) |
Subfamily Culicinae Meigen, 1818 |
Tribe Aedini Neveu-Lemaire, 1902 |
Genus Aedes Meigen, 1818 |
Subgenus Aedes Meigen, 1818 |
7 – Ae. (Aed.) cinereus Meigen, 1908 (see Note 4) |
Subgenus Aedimorphus Theobald, 1903 |
8 – Ae. (Adm.) vexans (Meigen, 1830) [Aedimorphus vexans (Meigen)] (see Note 5) |
Subgenus Dahliana Reinert, Harbach & Kitching, 2006 |
9 – Ae. (Dah.) geniculatus (Olivier, 1791) [Dahliana geniculata (Olivier)] |
Subgenus Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891 |
10 – Ae. (Och.) annulipes (Meigen, 1830) [Ochlerotatus annulipes (Meigen) s.l.] |
11 – Ae. (Och.) caspius (Pallas, 1771) s.l. [Oc. caspius (Pallas) s.l.] (see Note 6) |
12 – Ae. (Och.) cataphylla Dyar, 1916 [Oc. cataphylla (Dyar)] |
13 – Ae. (Och.) flavescens (Müller, 1764) [Oc. flavescens (Müller)] |
14 – Ae. (Och.) dorsalis (Meigen, 1830) [Oc. flavescens (Meigen)] (see Note 7) |
Subgenus Stegomyia Theobald, 1901 |
15 – Ae. (Stg.) albopictus (Skuse, 1895) [Stegomyia albopicta (Skuse)] |
Tribe Culicini Meigen, 1818 |
Genus Culex Linnaeus, 1758 |
Subgenus Barraudius Edwards, 1921 |
16 – Cx. (Bar.) modestus Ficalbi, 1889 |
Subgenus Culex Linnaeus, 1758 |
17 – Cx. (Cux.) mimeticus Noè, 1899 |
18 – Cx. (Cux.) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 (see Note 8) |
19 – Cx. (Cux.) theileri Theobald, 1903 |
20 – Cx. (Cux.) torrentium Martini, 1925 |
Subgenus Maillotia Theobald, 1907 |
21 – Cx. (Mai.) hortensis Ficalbi, 1889 |
Subgenus Neoculex Dyar, 1905 |
22 – Cx. (Ncx.) martinii Medschid, 1930 |
23 – Cx. (Ncx.) territans Walker, 1856 (see Note 9) |
Tribe Culisetini Belkin, 1962 |
Genus Culiseta Felt, 1904 |
Subgenus Allotheobaldia Broelemann, 1919 |
24 – Cs. (All.) longiareolata (Macquart, 1838) |
Subgenus Culiseta Felt, 1904 |
25 – Cs. (Cus.) annulata (Schrank, 1776) |
26 – Cs. (Cus.) subochrea (Edwards, 1921) |
Tribe Mansoniini Belkin, 1962 |
Genus Coquillettidia Dyar, 1905 |
Subgenus Coquillettidia Dyar, 1905 |
27 – Cq. (Coq.) richiardii (Ficalbi, 1889) |
Tribe Uranotaeniini Lahille, 1904 |
Genus Uranotaenia Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891 |
Subgenus Pseudoficalbia Theobald, 1912 |
28 – Ur. (Pfc.) unguiculata Edwards, 1913 |
Member of the An. claviger complex. Anopheles petragnani is absent from the Caucasus.
An. maculipennis complex. Two species only are present: An. maculipennis s.s. and An. sacharovi. Ribosomal RNA gene sequences are available for both species [10]. Anopheles maculipennis s.s. is the most abundant Anopheles species in Armenia, and An. sacharovi is an important malaria vector in the Middle East [29].
An. superpictus. Old record [30] at larval stage. Identification likely reliable because this species belongs to the Cellia subgenus. Complex of several species observed in Iran, listed as species A and B by Harbach [16].
An. cinereus is more likely in Armenia because it has been found in the region, unlike Ae. geminus.
Ae. vexans subspecies. Presence of Ae. vexans vexans.
Ae. caspius subspecies. Presence of Ae. caspius caspius. Abundant in lowland plains.
Ae. dorsalis. Uncertain for presence; possible misidentification. Previous records in Armenia [18] at densities higher for Ae. dorsalis than for Ae. caspius, which is suspect. Recent records in the Ararat Valley (right bank, Turkey [2]) are now considered to be a “pale form” of Ae. caspius (Alten & Günay, Personal communication). Not observed in our studies.
Cx. pipiens complex. Evidence of presence of the anthropophilic Cx. pipiens biotype molestus, the most abundant mosquito species in Armenia. Absence of Cx. quinquefasciatus (present in southern half of Iran [9]).
Cx. territans. Recorded as Cx. apicalis Adams, 1903 (a north American species) in [18].