Mosquitoes Collected on Yap Islands and Ulithi Atoll, Yap State, FSM (Diptera: Culicidae)

Noda, Shinichi; Gilmatam, John; OGINO, Kazumasa; Toma, Takako; MIYAGI, Ichiro (2005-12-15). "Mosquitoes Collected on Yap Islands and Ulithi Atoll, Yap State, FSM (Diptera: Culicidae)". Medical Entomology and Zoology. Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology. 56 (4): 349–353. doi:10.7601/mez.56.349. ISSN 2185-5609.

Abstract: Mosquito larval surveys were carried out on Yap Islands in October and November 1999. Larvae were collected from 60 natural and artificial habitats. A total of 723 larvae belonging to 10 species including two unidentified species were collected. Among them, Aedes hensilli was the most predominant species collected (70.0%) followed by Ae. maehleri (13.4%), Ae. lamelliferus (8.4%) and Culex quinquefasciatus (4.8%). The same surveys were also carried out at 56 larval habitats on four inhabited islands of Ulithi Atoll (Mogmog, Falarop, Asor and Fassarai) in October 2001. A total of 658 larvae were collected from 56 habitats on the islands. Two mosquito species, Ae. hensilli (71.9%) and Cx. quiquefasciatus (28.1%) were collected from 51 and 9 habitats, respectively. Since Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus were not collected in the present survey, Ae. hensilli may be implicated as a putative dengue vector in case of an outbreak. Two species, Cx. annulirostris and Ae. lamelliferus were newly recorded species from Yap Islands.

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