Abundance and diversity of human-biting flies (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae, Culicidae, Tabanidae, Simuliidae) around a nickel-copper smelter at Monchegorsk, northwestern Russia

• Published in: Journal of vector ecology Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 263 - 271
• Main Authors: Kozlov, M.V, Brodskaya, N.K, Haarto, A, Kuusela, K, Schafer, M, Zverev, V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2005
• Subjects: air pollution; Animals; Bites and Stings - epidemiology; body size; Ceratopogonidae; Ceratopogonidae - growth & development; Copper - toxicity; Culicidae; Culicidae - growth & development; Diptera - growth & development; environmental degradation; Environmental Pollutants - toxicity; factories; hematophagous insects; Humans; Nickel - toxicity; pollution; pollution gradient; Population Density; Population Dynamics; Russia; Seasons; Simuliidae; Simuliidae - growth & development; Simulium pusillum; species diversity; Species Specificity; Tabanidae; Russia

In the summers of 2001 and 2002, we quantitatively sampled human-biting flies in twelve sites located 1.6 to 63 km from a large copper-nickel smelter at Monchegorsk on the Kola Peninsula, Russia. We collected 429 specimens of three species of Ceratopogonidae, 92 specimens of seven species of Culicid...