University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Abstract: Mosquitoes are cosmopolitan insects, and they transmit many infectious parasites like viruses, protozoan, nematodes, and bacteria and act as vectors of several diseases such as malaria, chikungunya, filariasis, and dengue fever throughout the world. Study the mosquito born disease specimens were collected from different localities of Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Collected specimens were identified into nine species belonging to five genera, under two sub-families. All nine identified species are reported for the first time from studied area. Among them, three species Aedes koreicus (Edwards, 1917), Armigeres kesseli Ramalingam 1987, and Coquillettidia Tenuipalpis (Edwards, 1924) are new record from Pakistan. Keywords: Anophelinae, Aedes, Armigeres, Culicidae, Culicinae, Culex, Mosquito, Fauna
