In the Republic of Armenia 4 species of malaria mosquitoes were found in 29 ecotopes: An. maculipennis, An. sacharovi, An. superpictus, An. hyrcanus. Mosquito An. maculipennis predominated in most cases and is the main carrier of malaria in Armenia. On the basis of the authors’ own sources and literature data the comparison was performed of the malaria mosquitoes fauna and the faunae of the two neighboring regions of Europe and Asia – the Caucasus and Central Asia. It is shown that the faunae of the malaria mosquito of Caucasus and that of Central Asia significantly differ in composition of An. maculipennis sibling-species complex. The natural border between the European malaria mosquitoes fauna and the Asian one is the Caspian Sea.

malaria, malaria carriers, cytogenetics, malaria mosquitoes, Anopheles, the Caspian Sea.

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