Abundance of biting midge species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae, Culicoides spp.) on cattle farms in Korea.
- Author:
Jae Ku OEM
1
;
Joon Yee CHUNG
;
Mee Soon KWON
;
Toh Kyung KIM
;
Tae Uk LEE
;
You Chan BAE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Brief Communication ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords: arboviruses; biting midges; cattle; Culicoides
- MeSH: Animals; Arboviruses/isolation & purification; Cattle; Cattle Diseases/transmission/*virology; Ceratopogonidae/*classification/*physiology; Insect Vectors/physiology; Population Density; Republic of Korea/epidemiology; Species Specificity; Time Factors
- From:Journal of Veterinary Science 2013;14(1):91-94
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Culicoides biting midges were collected on three cattle farms weekly using light traps overnight from May to October between 2010 and 2011 in the southern part of Korea. The seasonal and geographical abundance of Culicodes spp. were measured. A total of 16,538 biting midges were collected from 2010 to 2011, including seven species of Culicoides, four of which represented 98.42% of the collected specimens. These four species were Culicodes (C.) punctatus (n = 14,413), C. arakawae (n = 1,120), C. oxystoma (n = 427), and C. maculatus (n = 318). C. punctatus was the predominant species (87.15%).
