[Mosquitoes of the subgenus Edwardsaedes of the fauna of the Palaeoarctic region with a description of the larva of Aedes (Edw.) bekkui].

Two species of the subgenus Edwardsaedes, Ae. (Edw.) pingpaensis Chang and Ae. (Edw.) bekkui Mogi, are spread in the Palaearctic region, the first one being known from China only and the second one from Japan and South Primorye, USSR. The name Ae. (Edw.) antuensis Su, Wang et Li, 1965 should be considered as a synonym of Ae. (Edw.) pingpaensis Chang, 1965; the larva of Ae. (Ochlerotatus) sticticus Mg. has been erroneously described by Su et al. (1978) as larva of Ae. antuensis. The differential diagnosis of the females, male genitalia, and larvae of mosquitoes Ae. pingpaensis and Ae. bekkui, is given. The description of the fourth stage larva of Ae. bekkui from the South Primorye is presented for the first time in the home literature.