Seasonal Abundance of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Collected by Mosquito Magnet(R) in Northern Gyeonggi-do (Province), Korea.
- Author:
Heung Chul KIM
1
;
Glenn A BELLIS
;
Myung Soon KIM
;
Terry A KLEIN
;
Sung Tae CHONG
;
Jee Yong PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords: Culicoides nipponensis; Culicoides erairai; Culicoides punctatus; biting midge; Korea
- MeSH: Animals; Ceratopogonidae/*classification/*growth & development; Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Female; Male; Republic of Korea; *Seasons
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2014;52(1):57-62
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Biting midges (Culicoides: Ceratopogonidae) were collected by Mosquito Magnet(R) traps at the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) camp and Daeseongdong village inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and near the military demarcation line (MDL) separating North and South Korea and at Warrior Base (US Army training site) and Tongilchon 3 km south of the DMZ in northern Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea (ROK), from May-October 2010-2012, to determine their seasonal distributions. A total of 18,647 Culicoides females (18,399; 98.7%) and males (248; 1.3%) comprising 16 species were collected. Overall, the most commonly collected species was Culicoides nipponensis (42.9%), followed by C. erairai (29.2%), C. punctatus (20.3%), C. arakawae (3.3%), C. pallidulus (1.8%), and C. circumscriptus (1.4%), while the remaining 10 species accounted for only 1.1% of all Culicoides spp. collected. The seasonal distribution of C. nipponensis was bimodal, with high numbers collected during May-June and again during September. C. erairai was more frequently collected during June-July, followed by sharply decreased populations from August-October. C. punctatus was collected in low numbers from May-September with high numbers collected during October. C. erairai was predominantly collected from the NNSC camp (85.1% of all C. erairai collected) located adjacent to the MDL at Panmunjeom in the northernmost part of Gyeonggi-do (Province), while other sites yielded low numbers of specimens.
