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Seasonal prevalence of mosquitoes collected from light traps in the Republic of Korea, 2005
Author(s) -
KIM Heung Chul,
CHONG Sung Tae,
COLLIER Brett W.,
KLEIN Terry A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2008.00197.x
Subject(s) - aedes vexans , anopheles sinensis , biology , theobald , culex tritaeniorhynchus , anopheles , veterinary medicine , aedes , culex , culex pipiens , mosquito control , ecology , malaria , larva , japanese encephalitis , medicine , encephalitis , virus , virology , immunology
Adult mosquito surveillance was conducted during 2005 at 22 US military installations and two training sites located in six provinces in the Republic of Korea. Adult mosquitoes were collected in New Jersey light traps from 1 May to 15 October to determine threshold levels to initiate pesticide applications based on trap indices. A total of 27 363 adult mosquitoes (22 368 [81.7%] females and 4995 [18.3%] males) comprising 15 species (including five members of the Anopheles sinensis group) belonging to seven genera were collected. The most common species collected were members of the Anopheles sinensis Wiedemann group (50.2%), followed by Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (30.6%), Aedes vexans nipponii (Theobald) (11.8%), and Culex pipiens Coquillett (6.3%) females. Trap indices varied widely for species over their range, due in part to geographical distribution and degree of association with urban or rural communities.