Medical Entomology and Zoology (2006) 57, 211-218

Yoshio Tsuda, Yukiko Higa, Shinji Kasai, Haruhiko Isawa, Keita Hoshino, Toshihiko Hayashi, Osamu Komagata, Kyoko Sawabe, Toshinori Sasaki, Takashi Tomita, Naoko Nihei, Hiromu Kurahashi and Mutsuo Kobayashi (2006)
[Results of mosquito collection at four areas near Narita International Airport, Japan, in 2003 and 2004]
Medical Entomology and Zoology 57 (3), 211-218
Abstract: Adult mosquitoes were collected at neighboring and surrounding areas of Narita International Airport, Japan in 2003 and 2004, and the samples were checked for the West Nile virus. One area beside Narita International Airport and three areas, 8, 14 or 18 km from the airport, were selected for the mosquito collections. In each area 10 CDC-like suction traps enhanced with 1 kg of dry-ice were used to collect host-seeking mosquitoes. During the two-year survey a total of 5,882 females of 16 mosquito species in seven genera were collected and all samples were negative for the West Nile virus. There were significant differences in species composition of the mosquitoes among the study areas. The variation in mosquito numbers among 10 traps that were distributed at the same study area was analyzed. The trap site where the largest number of mosquitoes was recorded differed seasonally. The result of mosquito collection was compared between two different collection methods, dry-ice trap and sweeping, and the resting behavior of adult mosquitoes was discussed.
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(original language: Japanese)
Database assignments for author(s): Yoshio Tsuda, Mutsuo Kobayashi, Takashi Tomita, Shinji Kasai

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution
quarantine treatments/regulations/aspects

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Culex tritaeniorhynchus		Japan
	Culex pipiens		Japan
	Aedes vexans		Japan
	Aedes albopictus		Japan
	Anopheles sinensis		Japan
	Culex bitaeniorhynchus		Japan
	Armigeres subalbatus		Japan
	Aedes japonicus		Japan
	Aedes flavopictus		Japan
	Tripteroides bambusa		Japan
	Culex kyotoensis		Japan
	Culex sasai		Japan