Usova, Zinaida Vasilievna

After graduating from the Karelian-Finnish State University , in 1950 she entered the graduate school of the Karelian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences . The supervisor was Aino Semenovna Lutta , a well-known specialist in the blood-sucking dipterans of the European North. After graduating from graduate school, from 1953 Usova began working at the Department of Biology of Donetsk State Medical Institute . In 1954, Usova defended her Ph.D. thesis on the subject “Frogs (family Simuliidae , Diptera) of the Karelian-Finnish SSR and the Murmansk Region ”. In 1964, based on the materials of the monograph “The fauna of midges of Karelia and the Murmansk region (Diptera, Simuliidae)”, a doctor’s degree in biological sciences was awarded. In 1965, Usova was offered to become dean of the newly created biological faculty of Donetsk State University . Until 1971, she combined the duties of dean with the post of head of the department of zoology, which she headed until 1982 ^[2] .

The research of Zinaida Vasilievna Usova for 60 years was aimed at solving the problems of medical and veterinary entomology. She was engaged in identifying the role of blood-sucking insects and ticks in the transfer of pathogens of human and animal diseases. Under the guidance of Usova and with her direct participation, detailed information was first obtained on the fauna, life cycle features and factors determining the activity of blood-sucking mosquitoes , midges, armored and gamasid ticks. Were developed, justified and implemented measures to protect a person from sinus . She created the largest scientific school of midge researchers in the territory of the former Soviet Union and 23 dissertations were defended under her leadership ^[2] . Usova took part in organizing expeditions to Buryatia and the Far East , to the Black , White , Barents and Sea of Japan ^[3] . The collection of midges collected by Usova stored at the Institute of Biology of the Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences , totals more than 10 thousand copies ^[4] .

Species described by Usova

Usova was described 15 species of midges ^[5] :

Membership in Scientific Societies

• Ukrainian Scientific Society of Parasitologists
• Ukrainian Entomological Society

Awards and titles

Zinaida Vasilievna was awarded numerous awards and honorary titles, including ^[2] :

• Order of the Badge of Honor (1967).
• medals “For Valiant Labor” (1970).
• medal "Veteran of Labor" (1978).
• Honored Professor of Donetsk National University (2002).
• Breastplate “For Science Achievement” of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2007).

Usova published about 250 scientific works, of which 6 monographs ^[2]

Monographs

• Usova Z. V. Fauna of midges of Karelia and the Murmansk region (Diptera, Simuliidae). - M. - L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1961. - 286 p.
• Sharkov A.A., Lobkova, M.P., Usova Z. V. Blood-sucking mosquitoes and midges of the European North of the USSR. - Petrozavodsk: Publishing House Karelia, 1984. - 152 p.
• Kaplich V. M., Sukhomlin E. B., Usova Z. V., Skulovets M. V. Fauna and ecology of midges of Polesie / Edited by N. M. Trukhan. - Minsk: Urajay, 1992 .-- 264 p. - ISBN 5-7860-0738-3 .
• Kaplich V. M., Usova Z. V. Blood-sucking midges of the forest zone of Belarus / Edited by A. M. Dubitsky. - Minsk: Urajay, 1990 .-- 176 p. - ISBN 5-7860-0492-9 .
• Raastad JE, Usova ZV, Kuusela K. Blackflies of Northern Europe (Diptera: Simuliidae). - Amsterdam: ETI Bioinformatics, 2010.

Articles

• Usova Z. V. On the biology and ecology of midges (Diptera, Simuliidae) of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Murmansk Region // Entomological Review : Journal. - 1956. - T. 35 , No. 4 . - S. 840-855 . - ISSN 0367-1445 .
• Usova Z. V., Kulikova Z. P. Activity of attack of midges (Diptera, Simuliidae) in Karelia // Entomological review: journal. - 1958. - T. 37 , No. 4 . - S. 869-882 . - ISSN 0367-1445 .
• Usova Z. V. About places of shelter of midges (Diptera, Simuliidae) in the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic // Entomological review: journal. - 1963. - T. 42 , No. 2 . - S. 316-319 . - ISSN 0367-1445 .
• Usova Z. V., Panchenko A. B. On the places of brood of midges (Diptera, Simuliidae) of the Transcarpathian region // Parasitology : journal. - 1973. - T. 7 , No. 6 . - S. 541-544 . - ISSN 0031-1847 .
• Bodrova Yu. D., Usova Z. V. The primary description of the larva and additional data on the taxonomy of Eusimulium schogakii Rubz. (Diptera, Simuliidae) // Parasitology: Journal. - 1975. - T. 9 , No. 2 . - S. 155-157 . - ISSN 0031-1847 .
• Usova 3. V., Sukhomlin Ye. B. A new species of midge - Simulium (Argentisimulium) dolini sp. n (Diptera, Simuliidae) // Parasitology: Journal. - 1989. - T. 23 , No. 5 . - S. 423-427 . - ISSN 0031-1847 .
• Usova Z. V., Zinchenko A. P. Simulium kachvorjanae sp. n (Diptera: Semuliidae) from the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine // Parasitology: journal. - 1991. - T. 25 , No. 6 . - S. 551–555 . - ISSN 0031-1847 .
• Kachvoryan E. A., Usova Z. V., Gambaryan P. P. Analysis of morphometric characteristics of pupae of three populations of Tetisimulium kondici (Diptera: Sirauliidae) // Parasitology: Journal. - 1992. - T. 26 , No. 5 . - S. 424-429 . - ISSN 0031-1847 .