Arhiv veterinarske medicine, Vol. 13, No. 2, 105 - 115, 2020 Pavlović, I. … et al.: Biodiversity and seasonal distribution of Cullicoides spp. … 105 Short communication BIODIVERSITY AND SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF CULICOIDES SPP. EXAMINED AT SCIENTIFIC VETERINARY INSTITUTE OF SERBIA DURING 2019 Ivan Pavlović 1 *, Slobodan Stanojević 1 , Nemanja Zdravković 1 , Oliver Radanović 1 1 Scientifc Veterinary Institute of Serbia, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia Abstract Continuous entomological monitoring of Culicoides spp. which is be- ing conducted from 2014 has so far yielded signifcant results regarding biodiversity and seasonal dynamics of these insects in Serbia. Te research we have carried out so far has contributed to mapping geographical distri- bution of the species we encounter as well as the variations in the number of populations in diferent years. As the monitoring continued, we were receiving new valuable data every year, which will help to predict the move- ment of these insects in the future on the basis of climatograms and enable preventative actions to be taken in order to counteract them. Unfortunately, during 2019, the monitoring was no longer done in one location but at three institutes. Tese include Belgrade Institute receiving samples from central Serbia and South Banat, Novi Sad which analysed the samples from Vojvo- dina and Kraljevo analysing the samples from South Serbia regions. Tis resulted in losing the ability to monitor biodiversity and other relevant data (sex ratio, etc.). In our work, therefore, we can only provide the results of testing biodiversity and seasonal dynamics of Culicoides spp. during 2019 in the epizootiology area of Scientifc Veterinary Institute of Serbia in Bel- grade, without Pomoravlje district since we did not receive samples from Jagodina Institute for the fourth consecutive year. Culicoides spp. from Ob- soletus complex were established in 59.91% of samples, Pulicaris complex were established in 34.06% and other types of culicoides were established in less than 10% of the examined samples. Keywords: Culicoides spp., epizootiology, Serbia 1* Corresponding author: dripavlovic58@gmail.com UDC 595.771(497.11) https://doi.org/10.46784/e-avm.v13i2.207