Korean J Parasitol.
2012 Jun;50(2):127-131. 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.2.127.
Seasonal Abundance of Biting Midges, Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Collected at Cowsheds in the Southern Part of the Republic of Korea
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- 15th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP 96205-5247, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, PO Box 37846, Winnellie, Northern Territory 0821, Australia.
- 3Department of Health and Environment, Kosin University, Busan 606-701, Korea.
- 4Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency, Anyang 430-016, Korea.
- 5Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine, 65th Medical Brigade/US Army MEDDAC-Korea, Unit 15281, APO AP 96205-5281, Seoul, Korea. terry.klein@us.army.mil
- KMID: 1384740
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2012.50.2.127
Abstract
- Black light traps were used to measure the seasonal and geographical distribution of Culicoides spp. (biting midges or no-see-ums) at 9 cowsheds in the southern half of the Republic of Korea (ROK) from June through October 2010. A total of 25,242 Culicoides females (24,852; 98.5%) and males (390; 1.5%) comprising of 9 species were collected. The most commonly collected species was Culicoides punctatus (73.0%) followed by C. arakawae (25.7%), while the remaining 7 species accounted for <1.0% of all Culicoides spp. collected. The mean number of Culicoides spp. collected per trap night (Trap Index [TI]) was highest for C. punctatus (409.3), followed by C. arakawae (144.2), C. tainanus (4.1), C. oxystoma (1.2), C. circumscriptus (0.7), C. homotomus (0.6), C. erairai (0.4), C. kibunensis (0.3), and C. nipponensis (0.04). Peak TIs were observed for C. punctatus (1,188.7) and C. arakawae (539.0) during July and August, respectively. C. punctatus and C. arakawae have been implicated in the transmission of arboviruses and other pathogens of veterinary importance that adversely impact on animal and bird husbandry.
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