Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) of murree hills,Punjab,Pakistan

Four anopheline and nine culicine mosquito species have been reported from murree hills. culex raptor has been recorded for the first time from pakistan. all other species,anopheles stephensi,an. maculatus,an. theobaldi,an. fluviatilis,aedes aegypti,ae. albopictus,culex fatigans,cx. vagans,cx. nilgiricus,cx. fuscitarsis,cx. raptor,culiseta longiareolata and armigeres obturbans are recorded from new localities like baroha,terrat,ghora gali,pindi point,kashmir point and jhika gali during 2012-2013. a tentative key for all recorded species has been given. all species have been illustrated with identification characters along with their distribution range in murree hills. main objective of this study was to explore the mosquito fauna of murree hills and to determine the distribution of various species during various months of the year. copyright 2014 zoological society of pakistan.