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Seasonal Abundance of Biting Midges, Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Collected at Cowsheds in the Southern Part of the Republic of Korea

  • Kim, Heung-Chul (5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade) ;
  • Bellis, Glenn A. (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) ;
  • Kim, Myung-Soon (5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade) ;
  • Chong, Sung-Tae (5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Kyu (Department of Health and Environment, Kosin University) ;
  • Park, Jee-Yong (Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency) ;
  • Yeh, Jung-Yong (Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency) ;
  • Klein, Terry A. (Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine, 65th Medical Brigade/US Army MEDDAC-Korea)
  • Received : 2011.12.08
  • Accepted : 2012.04.12
  • Published : 2012.06.15
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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 veterinar importance that adversely impact on animal and bird husbandry.

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