Korean J Parasitol.  1974 Jun;12(1):45-75. 10.3347/kjp.1974.12.1.45.

Notes on biting midges of the Genus Culicoides from South Korea - with special reference to unrecorded species and distribution

• Cho HC
• Chong CS

• KMID: 1384285
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1974.12.1.45

Abstract

A survey of the biting midges of the Genus Culicoides was conducted by a joint effort of numerous U.S. and Korean personnel throughout South Korea for seven years from 1965 through 1973 (except 1968, 1971) using New Jersey light traps set up at fifty-nine (59) different locations, to find out the seasonal succession and geographical distribution of the said insects both on an individual species basis and as a whole, and to evaluate the medical significance and epidemiology of these insects. This provides some of the basic knowledge needed for prevention of filarial and virus transmission of diseases owing to these insects. As a result the following results were obtained: Sixteen (16) species hitherto unrecorded were added to the fauna of biting midges known from South Korea. Together with the already recorded fourteen (14) species, this makes the total number of species of these insects in South Korea thirty (30).Through the monthly tabulation of the collected specimens it was possible to find out the general seasonal succession of these insects as well as their sex ratio. Based on the data obtained the geographical distributions of the biting midges of the Genus Culicoides so far recorded in Korea were classified into the following four (4) types: The species which are very widely spread throughout south Korea. The species which are spread in central South Korea and supposed to occur in North Korea. The species which were collected from coastal areas and southern island. The species which were collected from Cheju-do.

MeSH Terms

parasitology-arthropoda
midge
epidemiology
Culicoides arakawae
Culicoides circumscriptus
Culicoides dendrophilus
Culicoides erairai
Culicoides homotomus
Culicoides japonicus
Culicoides laciocola
Culicoides nagahanai
Culicoides nipponense
Culicoides odibilis
Culicoides ponkikiri
Culicoides pulicaris
Culicoides schultzei
Culicoides sigaensis
Culicoides sinanoensis
Culicoides toyamaruae
Culicoides sp.
Culicoides amamiensis ohmorii
Culicoides clavipalpis
Culicoides dubius
Culicoides koreensis
Culicoides matsuzawai
Culicoides obsoletus
Culicoides odiatus
Culicoides okumensis
Culicoides omogensis
Culicoides pictimargo
Culicoides miharai
Culicoides saninense
Culicoides longidens
Culicoides amamiensis amamiensis