Saghafipour A, Abai Mr, Farzinnia B, Nafar R, Ladonni H, Azari-Hamidian S
Qom Provincial Health Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
J Arthropod Borne Dis. 2012;6(1):54-61. Epub 2012 Jun 30.
There is very little information about the mosquito fauna of Qom Province, central Iran. By now only three species; Anopheles claviger, An. multicolor, and An. superpictus have been reported in the province. To study mosquito fauna and providing a primary checklist, an investigation was carried out on a collection of mosquitoes in this province.
TO STUDY THE MOSQUITO (DIPTERA: Culicidae) fauna, larval collections were carried out from different habitats on 19 occasions using the standard dipping technique during spring and summer 2008 and 2009.
In total, 371 mosquito larvae were collected and morphologically identified including 14 species representing four genera: Anopheles claviger, An. marteri, An. turkhudi, An. superpictus, Culex arbieeni, Cx. hortensis, Cx. mimeticus, Cx. modestus, Cx. pipiens, Cx. territans, Cx. theileri, Culiseta longiareolata, Cs. subochrea, and Ochlerotatus caspius s.l. All species except for An. claviger and An. superpictus were collected for the first time in the province. All larvae were found in natural habitats. The association occasions and percentages of the mosquito larvae in Qom Province were discussed.
There are some potential or proven vectors of different human and domesticated animal pathogens in Qom Province. The ecology of these species and the unstudied areas of Qom Province need to be investigated extensively.
关于伊朗中部库姆省的蚊虫动物区系，相关信息非常少。截至目前，该省仅报告过三种蚊虫：棒角按蚊、多彩按蚊和超斑按蚊。为研究该省的蚊虫动物区系并提供一份初步清单，对该省收集的一批蚊虫进行了调查。
为研究蚊虫（双翅目：蚊科）动物区系，于2008年和2009年春夏季节，采用标准 dipping 技术，在不同栖息地进行了19次幼虫采集。
共收集到371只蚊虫幼虫，并进行了形态学鉴定，包括代表四个属的14个物种：棒角按蚊、马特氏按蚊、图尔胡迪按蚊、超斑按蚊、阿比尼库蚊、霍滕西斯库蚊、拟态库蚊、适度库蚊、尖音库蚊、领地库蚊、泰勒库蚊、长柄库蚊、亚赭色库蚊和海滨伊蚊（狭义）。除棒角按蚊和超斑按蚊外，所有物种均为该省首次采集到。所有幼虫均在自然栖息地发现。讨论了库姆省蚊虫幼虫的关联情况和百分比。
库姆省存在一些不同人类和家畜病原体的潜在或已证实的传播媒介。需要对这些物种的生态以及库姆省未研究的区域进行广泛调查。
