Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine, Medical Department Activity-Korea/65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15281, APO AP 96271-5281, USA.
Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia.
Korean J Parasitol. 2021 Jun;59(3):273-280. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2021.59.3.273. Epub 2021 Jun 21.
Biting midges (Culicoides: Ceratopogonidae) were collected using New Jersey light traps at Yongsan US Army Garrison (USAG;urban), Seoul Metropolitan city and Camp Humphreys USAG (rural), Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do (province), Republic of Korea , from May-October 2010-2013 and 2015-2017, to determine species composition and seasonal distribution patterns in urban and rural habitats. A total of 9,958 female (53.85%) and 8,533 male (46.15%) Culicoides comprising 16 species were collected. Overall, the most commonly collected species was Culicoides arakawae (74.3%), followed by C. circumscriptus (16.2%), C. kibunensis (2.5%), C. nasuensis (2.2%), C. clavipalpis (1.4%), and C. pallidulus (1.3%), while the remaining 10 species accounted for <2.1% of all Culicoides spp. collected. The 2 predominant species collected were C. circumscriptus (47.4%) and C. arakawae (33.4%) at Yongsan, and C. arakawae (90.4%) and C. circumscriptus (3.9%) at Camp Humphreys. The seasonal abundance of these 2 species varied between years and between sites but on average peaked in August-September for C. arakawae and June-July for C. circumscriptus. Annual variations in abundance were observed for most species collected during this study. Unusually high proportions of male specimens were observed for most species at both sites which may be due to the use of the New Jersey trap.
2010-2013 年和 2015-2017 年期间，在韩国首尔市龙山区的驻韩美军龙山基地（城市）、京畿道平泽市的汉弗莱营驻韩美军基地（农村），使用新泽西州诱蚊灯收集了叮咬蠓（Culicoides：蠓科），以确定城市和农村生境中的物种组成和季节性分布模式。共收集到 9958 只雌性（53.85%）和 8533 只雄性（46.15%）蠓，包括 16 个种。总体而言，最常采集到的物种是库蠓阿拉卡瓦（74.3%），其次是库蠓围蝇（16.2%）、库蠓基布蚊（2.5%）、库蠓那苏蚊（2.2%）、库蠓短角蝇（1.4%）和库蠓苍白蠓（1.3%），其余 10 个种占所有采集的库蠓 spp.的<2.1%。在龙山，采集到的 2 种主要物种是库蠓围蝇（47.4%）和库蠓阿拉卡瓦（33.4%），在汉弗莱营则是库蠓阿拉卡瓦（90.4%）和库蠓围蝇（3.9%）。这 2 种物种的季节丰度在不同年份和不同地点之间有所不同，但平均在 8-9 月达到高峰阿拉卡瓦，6-7 月达到高峰围蝇。在本研究中采集到的大多数物种的丰度都存在年度变化。在这两个地点，大多数物种的雄性标本比例异常高，这可能是由于使用了新泽西州诱蚊灯。
