[Probable identity of Aedes leucomelas Meigen, 1804 and A. implicatus Vockeroth, 1954 (Culicidae)]

The necessity is substantiated to consider A. leucomelas and A. implicatus as one holarctic species on the basis of morphological characters of the larva, female and male, their distribution and ecological peculiarities. It is suggested to assign the name A. leucomelas Meigen to the species and the name A. implicatus Vockeroth regard as a synonym.