[Evaluation of the epidemiologic importance of populations of malaria mosquitoes (Culicidae: Anopheles) in the northern zone of the Tien Shan region].

Six species of the genus Anopheles are recorded in the North of the Tien Shan. As far as an epidemiological situation in the region in question in gets worse, the factors determining links between people and mosquitoes, namely the food preference of different species of Anopheles, the frequency of actual mosquito attacks and the physiological age of mosquito females have been analysed. It is shown, that A. claviger and A. messae are the most probable potential malaria vectors in mountain regions, and A. hyrcanus--in lower parts of the Tien Shan.