Mosquito surveys carried out on Green Island, Orchid Island, and Penghu Island, Taiwan, in 2003.
Field surveys of mosquitoes were carried out on Green, Orchid, and Penghu Islands in 2003 to ascertain the status of mosquito vectors. Eighteen species of mosquitoes were collected, including three species of Anopheles, four species of Aedes, eight species of Culex, two species of Armigeres, and one species of Malaya. Seventeen previously recorded species were not collected in this study but 11 species collected had not previously been recorded. Ten newly recorded species, An. maculatus, An. takasagoensis, Ae. alcasidi, Ae. lineatopennis, Ae. vexans vexans, Ar. omissus, Cx. vishnui, Cx. halifaxii, Cx. hayashii, and Cx. neomimulus, were collected on Green Island and one previously unrecorded species, Ar. subalbatus, was collected on Orchid Island. Potential vectors An. maculatus and An. sinensis, malaria vectors in Korea and Mainland China, Ae. albopictus, a vector of dengue in Taiwan and West Nile virus in the USA, Cx. vishnui and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Japanese encephalitis vectors in Taiwan, Ae. vexans vexans, an eastern equine encephalitis vector in the USA, and Cx. quinquefasciatus, a vector of filariasis in Taiwan and West Nile virus in the USA, were among the mosquito species collected.
Teng
Hwa-Jen
HJ
Medical Entomological Laboratory, Research and Development Center, Center for Disease Control, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan. hjteng@cdc.gov.tw
Huang
Guo-Chin
GC
Chen
Yung-Chen
YC
Hsia
Wei-Tai
WT
Lu
Liang-Chen
LC
Tsai
Wen-Tang
WT
Chung
Mei-Ju
MJ
D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae; D011156:Population Density; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013624:Taiwan; D013997:Time Factors