Seasonal dynamics of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in animal barns and houses in Aras Valley,Turkey [Aras vadisi'ndeki (türkiye) hayvan ahi{dotless}rlari{dotless} ve evlerdeki sivrisineklerin (Diptera: Culicidae) mevsimsel dinamizmleri]

A total of 8,923 mosquitoes of the twelve species present were collected from animal barns and houses in aras valley during june-october 2007 period. the most dominant species was ae. dorsalis (42.2% of total catch) followed by cx. theileri (26.54%),ae. vexans (17.86%) and an. maculipennis s.l. (5.74%). more specimens (1630.5 specimens/habitat) in rural habitats were caught than the ones (184,7 specimens/habitat) in suburban habitats. while 4% of samples were caught from houses (71 specimens/house),96% were caught from animal barns (714 specimens/animal barn). the highest samples were collected in june (n= 5.621) and the lowest in october (n= 129). the population density of ae. dorsalis,cx. theileri and ae. vexans reached their peaks in june,an. maculipennis s.l. and cx. pipiens in august.