[Infestation of mosquitoes from the Maritime Territory by the entomopathogenic fungus, Coelomomyces iliensis, under laboratory conditions].

The infection of larvae of Culex pipiens molestus, C. vagans and C. tritaeniorhynchus (the vector of the virus of Japanese encephalitis) with the entomopathogenic fungus Coelomomyces iliensis from Kazakhstan was carried out in the Primorje Territory in 1973--1974. At the infection of larvae of C. tritaeniorhynchus with the suspension of infected larvae the mortality was recorded only from 60% of individuals, while at the infection with a content of sporangia--from 36.6% of larvae. Somewhat less mortality (27.5%) was observed among larvae of C. pipiens molestus and C. pipiens. In control the mortali larvae did not exceed 5%.