Mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) collected from the inhabited islands and trunk of Uwajima City, Shikoku, Japan

  • YAMAUCHI Takeo
    Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University

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  • 愛媛県宇和島市の有人島と本土で採集された蚊類
  • エヒメケン ウワジマシ ノ ユウジントウ ト ホンド デ サイシュウ サレタ カルイ

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Eight mosquito species: Aedes nipponicus, Ae. japonicus, Ae. albopictus, Ae. flavopictus, Ae. togoi, Armigeres subalbatus, Lutzia vorax and Tripteroides bambusa were collected during the daytime by human-baited collections and larval collections from four inhabited islands: Kushima, Tojima, Kashima and Hiburijima of Uwajima City, Shikoku, Japan. These species were recorded for the first time from the offshore islands of Uwajima City. Eight mosquito species: Ae. nipponicus, Ae. japonicus, Ae. albopictus, Ae. flavopictus, Ar. subalbatus, Culex pipiens complex, Lt. vorax and Tr. bambusa were collected by human-baited collections and larval collections from the trunk of Uwajima City. Male Ae. albopictus and Tr. bambusa were observed feeding on the flowers of Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica (Polygonaceae).

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