Seasonal Prevalence of Mosquitoes and Ecological Characteristics of Anopheline Larval Occurrence in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea

• Published in: Korean Journal of Applied Entomology Vol. 51; no. 4
• Main Authors: Kim, Y.K., University of Incheon, Incheon, Republic of Korea, Lee, C.M., Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Lee, J.B., National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Republic of Korea, Bae, Y.S., University of Incheon, Incheon, Republic of Korea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Anopheline; Average nearest neighbor analysis; CULICIDAE; Gimpo; Larvae density; Seasonal prevalence
• ISSN: 1225-0171

This study was conducted to elucidate the seasonal prevalence of adult mosquitoes and occurrence of anopheline larvae in Gimpo, Gyeonggi province, Republic of Korea. Sampling of adult mosquitoes was carried out 18 times from May to September in 2008, using light traps at six sites. A total of 48,919 individuals belonging to 16 species and 8 genera were collected. Aedes vexans nipponii (43%) was the most frequently collected, followed by Anopheles sinensis (34%) and Culex tritaeniorhynchus (14%). The seasonal prevalence of anopheline mosquitoes had a different occurrence compared to that of Cx. tritaeniorhynchus. Anopheline larvae were collected using a standard dipper (size = of 350 ml) at eight habitat types of 203 point locations. Anopheline larvae were confirmed from 138 points (63%). The average larval population per dipper was highest in the lotus plantation (6.9 individuals), followed by irrigation channel (4.5 ind.), dropwort field (3.4 ind.), fallow field (3.1 ind.), paddy field (1.8 ind.), swamp (1.4 ind.), and stream (0.2 ind.). There was no significant relationship observed between larval density and DO, pH, salinity, or distance from blood meal hosts (cowshed, pigsty, chicken-house). In the results of average nearest neighbor analysis (ANNA), the distribution of whole points for mosquito larval collection was clustered, and points with over 4.0 larvae per dipper were randomly distributed. Within the study area Haseong-myeon, those points where over 3.0 larvae were collected were of a dispersed distribution.