Ecological aspects of microsporidia parasitizing in natural populations of the Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) blood-suking mosquitoes in Western Siberia | Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Biologiya - Tomsk State University Journal of Biology. 2016. № 2 (34).

Ecological aspects of microsporidia parasitizing in natural populations of the Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) blood-suking mosquitoes in Western Siberia

We examined microsporidia (1976-2014) in natural populations of blood-sucking Aedes mosquitoes of Western Siberia with the focus on their biodiversity and ecology. In total, we recorded 3' species of Culicidae family mosquitoes in Western Siberia; 22 species of them belong to the univoltine genus Aedes, producing one generation per year (spring). As it has been shown, microsporidians infect '3 mosquito species. In this study, we isolated 26 microsporidian species representing five genera (Amblyospora, Andreanna, Dimeiospora, Novothelohania, and Trichoctosporea) from mosquitoes; of them, the Amblyospora species were the most abundant. The majority of species display a high level of host specificity. Microsporidians are found in all types ofaquatic habitats; however, the highest diversity of parasites was observed in mainland temporary ponds. During the period of study, the prevalence rates of microsporidians infecting Aedes mosquitoes varied from 0.05 to'00%, with the maximal parasite prevalence during mass mosquito pupation and imago emergence (mid-May - beginning of June). Low parasite loads (0.05-6.5%) are characteristic of the last 20 years.

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эпизоотиология, экология, кровососущие комары, микроспоридии, host specificity, epizootiology, ecology, blood-sucking mosquitoes, microsporidia, Amblyospora, Aedes

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Name	Organization	E-mail
Simakova Anastasia V.	Tomsk State University	anastasiasimakova@yahoo.com
Pankova Tamara F.	Tomsk State University	pankov44@sibmail.com
Issi Irma V.	All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection	irma_issi@mail.ru
Andreeva Yulia V.	Tomsk State University	andreeva_y@mail2000.ru

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