Results of mosquito collection in rice field areas of Tokushima, Japan, in 2009

Mosquito collection was conducted using dry-ice traps in a rice field area of Tokushima, Japan, from May to October 2009. Six collection sites with different environmental conditions were selected and two CDC-type traps with 1 kg of dry-ice were used to collect mosquitoes at each site. Sweeping coll...

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Published inMedical Entomology and Zoology Vol. 74; no. 4; pp. 161 - 165
Main Authors Tsuda, Yoshio, Kim, Kyeong Soon
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
English
Published Tokyo The Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology 25.12.2023
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Subjects
Breeding
Colonies
Culicidae
Dominant species
dry-ice trap
Environmental conditions
Japan
mosquito fauna
Mosquitoes
rice field areas
Rice fields
Species composition
Tokushima
Traps
Japan
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Summary:Mosquito collection was conducted using dry-ice traps in a rice field area of Tokushima, Japan, from May to October 2009. Six collection sites with different environmental conditions were selected and two CDC-type traps with 1 kg of dry-ice were used to collect mosquitoes at each site. Sweeping collections were also conducted at a breeding colony of herons. A total of 4,347 mosquitoes of 17 species in 7 genera were collected in the dry-ice traps. Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. pipiens group, Cx. bitaeniorhynchus, and Aedes albopictus were the dominant species. The high species composition of Cx. bitaeniorhynchus (14.6%) was observed. A variety of mosquitoes were collected at a reservoir located between the rice field area and the hilly area. A total of 687 females of 9 species were collected using sweeping collections at the breeding colony of heron, and 53.6% of them had fed on a blood meal. The breeding colony of heron was suitable for collecting blood-fed mosquitoes.
ISSN:0424-7086
2185-5609
DOI:10.7601/mez.74.161