Medical Entomology and Zoology

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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages Cover13-
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Article type: Cover
2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages Cover14-
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages App30-
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Topomyia roslihashimi, a new species of the subgenus Suaymyia (Diptera: Culicidae) from Gombak, Peninsular Malaysia

Ichiro MIYAGI, Takako TOMA

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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 275-282
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Topomyia (Suaymyia) roslihashimi, a new species, is described from specimens collected in Ulu Gombak, Peninsular Malaysia. The description includes illustrations of male genitalia, the pupa and some parts of the larva. The male of this species differs from other species of the subgenus in having unique modification of the scale patch on the 2nd tarsal segment of the hindleg. The larva is predacious, having greatly enlarged maxillae apparently adapted for grasping prey in bamboo internodes.

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New species and records of Culicoides biting midges attracted to human baits in Doi Inthanon National Park, northern Thailand (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Shigeo KITAOKA, Hiroyuki TAKAOKA, Wej CHOCHOOTE

Article type: Article
2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 283-291
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7601/mez.56.283

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A total of 232 female and 1 male biting midges were caught in daytime collections using a hand net from human baits carried out from 0600 to 1800, twice a month per site at four sites (400m, 860m, 1,360m and 2,460m in altitude) in Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand in 2003 and 2004. They were classified into 19 species of the genus Culicoides including four new species and seven known species newly recorded from Thailand. Among the newly recorded species, five were originally described from Taiwan, one from Japan, and one from Malaysia. Four new species, C. angkaensis, C. choochotei, C. inthanonensis and C. tuamsombooni, are described and figured.

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A new species and a new record of the genus Thoracochaeta (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) from Japan, with a key to the Japanese species

Toshihiko HAYASHI

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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 293-297
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A new species of the genus Thoracochaeta is described and illustrated from Japan. Thoracochaeta gemina Rohacek et Marshall is recorded from Japan for the first time. A key to the Japanese species of Thoracochaeta is presented.

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Revised description of Simulium (Nevermannia) sasai, a rare and poorly known species in Japan (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Hiroko SATO, Katsumi SAITO, Hiroyuki TAKAOKA

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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 299-307
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7601/mez.56.299

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Simulium (Nevermannia) sasai (Rubtsov), a rare and poorly known black-fly species in Japan, is taxonomically revised: its female, male and pupa are fully described, and the mature larva is described for the first time on the basis of samples collected in Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. The morphological characters of S. (N.) sasai are compared to those of its related species within the feuerborni species-group to which this species is assigned.

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A new species of Simulium (Nevermannia) from Izu Islands, Japan (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Hiroyuki TAKAOKA, Katsumi SAITO

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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 309-317
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7601/mez.56.309

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A new species of the black fly, Simulium (Nevermannia) izuense sp. nov., is described on the basis of samples collected from the Izu Islands, Tokyo, Japan. This new species is assigned to the feuerborni species-group of the subgenus Simulium (Nevermannia), and is very similar to S. (N.) sasai (Rubtsov), but is easily distinguished from the latter species by the pupal gill with a short stalk of the ventral paired filaments, the simple cocoon without any anterodorsal projection, and the short thumb-like secondary lobules of the larval rectal organ.

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Two new species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from northern Thailand

Hiroyuki TAKAOKA, Wej CHOOCHOTE

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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 319-334
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7601/mez.56.319

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Two new species of black flies, i.e., Simulium (Simulium) lampangense sp. nov. and S. (S.) yuphae sp. nov., are described based on specimens collected in northern Thailand. Simulium (S.) lampangense sp. nov. is assigned to the multistriatum species-group, and is distinguished from all the other members by the diverged gill filaments combined with the fenestrated cocoon in the pupal stage, and S. (S.) yuphae sp. nov., a member of the tuberosum species-group, is very similar to S. (S.) brevipar Takaoka and Davies, but is distinguished by the configuration of the six pupal gill filaments, of which one of the ventral paired filaments always runs posteriorly or ventrally.

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Seasonal abundance and daily flying activity of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) attracted to human baits in Doi Inthanon National Park, northern Thailand

Wej CHOOCHOTE, Hiroyuki TAKAOKA, Masako FUKUDA, Yasushi OTSUKA, Chihar ...

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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 335-348
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7601/mez.56.335

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The seasonal abundance and daily flying activity of adult black flies were investigated at four different altitudes (400m, 860m, 1,360m and 2,460m) in Doi Inthanon National Park, northern Thailand. Collections were carried out at each altitude twice a month from 0600 to 1800 hours from August 2003 to July 2004, and adult black flies attracted to a human bait were captured by a hand net. The numbers of black flies collected were 2,599, 24,010, 7,996 and 4,496 at altitudes of 400m, 860m, 1,360m and 2,460m, respectively. A total of 39,101 adult black flies comprising 39,060 females, 37 males and 4 sex mosaics of 23 species of the genus Simulium Latreille s. l. were identified. Simuliid species composition and abundance varied according to altitude. Three species, i.e., S. (Gomphostilbia) asakoae Takaoka and Davies, S. (Simulium) rufibasis Brunetti and S. (S.) nigrogilvum Summers, were regularly attracted to a human bait in this order of predominance. Simulium (G.) asakoae was captured from low to medium altitudes, while S. (S.) rufibasis was captured mostly at high altitude, and S. (S.) nigrogilvum at medium altitudes. The seasonal patterns in abundance of all these predominant species varied among species even at the same altitudes and also by altitude even within the same species. Daily flying activities of these three predominant species differed in patterns and in peak hours by altitudes, by species, and also by seasons. Those of S. (G.) asakoae were similar in all seasons showing essentially a bimodal pattern with the first peak early in the morning and the second in the late afternoon, or vice versa; while S. (S.) nigrogilvum and S. (S.) rufibasis showed uni-, bi- and trimodal daily flying patterns. Five species, i.e., S. (G.) asakoae, S. (S.) chamlongi Takaoka and Suzuki, S. (S.) nigrogilvum, S. (S.) nodosum Puri and S. (S.) rufibasis, were confirmed to bite human beings.

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Mosquitoes collected on Yap Islands and Ulithi Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia (Diptera: Culicidae)

Shinichi NODA, John GILMATAM, Kazumasa OGINO, Takako TOMA, Ichiro MIYA ...

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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 349-353
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7601/mez.56.349

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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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Nosocomial myiasis due to Sarcophaga peregrina in an intensive care unit (ICU) in Japan

Yuichi CHIGUSA, Masashi KIRINOKI, Hajime MATSUDA

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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 355-358
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In September 2002, a 78-year-old woman who had received surgical operation of dissecting aneurysm was admitted to a general hospital. She was of comatose status and was admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital. An attending nurse of the patient found numerous wiggling maggots with body length of 5mm from her nasal and oral cavities in early October. Maggots were identified as the second-instar larvae of Sarcophaga peregrina from the morphological characteristics of the larva and emerged male adult. The admission date to the ICU was more than 10 days prior to the discovery of 5mm long S. peregrina larvae. Therefore, this myiasis happened definitively inside the ICU.

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A preliminary report of introduced living biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) found on entry ships arriving at Qinhuangdao Port, China

Wei-Zhong NIE, Jun-Cheng LI, De-Xin LI, Norman GRATZ

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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 359-361
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Ceratopogonid midges were observed in vessels arriving at Qinhuangdao Port, China, from abroad. A total of 53 introduced living midges, consisting of 10 biting midges and 43 non-biting midges, were collected on 29 of 70 ships inspected. The 10 living biting midges belonging to 6 species of 2 genera were collected on 10 ships.

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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 363-364
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 365-366
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 367-368
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Article type: Index
2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 369-372
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Article type: Index
2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 373-376
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 377-
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages App31-
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages App32-
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages App33-
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages App34-
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages App35-
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages App36-
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages App37-
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages Cover15-
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2005 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages Cover16-
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