: A new mosquito species, Topomyia ( Topomyia ) murudensis Miyagi, Toma and Okazawa is described from Mount Murud, Sarawak, Malaysia. The adult male and female, pupa, and larva are described in detail. Illustrations of the male genitalia, the pupa, and fourth instar larva of the species are also provided. Topomyia murudensis sp. nov. is a highland mosquito, presently known to breed only in leaf axils of the highland orchids Cymbidium sp. and Eria sp.
{"title":"Description of a new species of Topomyia (Diptera: Culicidae) from Mount Murud, Sarawak, Malaysia","authors":"I. Miyagi, T. Toma, T. Okazawa, Siew Fui Wong","doi":"10.7601/MEZ.72.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7601/MEZ.72.59","url":null,"abstract":": A new mosquito species, Topomyia ( Topomyia ) murudensis Miyagi, Toma and Okazawa is described from Mount Murud, Sarawak, Malaysia. The adult male and female, pupa, and larva are described in detail. Illustrations of the male genitalia, the pupa, and fourth instar larva of the species are also provided. Topomyia murudensis sp. nov. is a highland mosquito, presently known to breed only in leaf axils of the highland orchids Cymbidium sp. and Eria sp.","PeriodicalId":104111,"journal":{"name":"Medical Entomology and Zoology","volume":"147 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131801426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Two new species, Simulium (Simulium) iwasai and S. (S.) obihiroense, are described from females collected from Hokkaido, Japan. Both new species are placed in the S. (S.) venustum species-group. Simulium (Montisimulium) kobayashii Okamoto et al., is newly recorded from Hokkaido. In addition, the male of S. (S.) iwatense (Shiraki) in the S. (S.) ornatum species-group is fully described for the rst time based on males reared from pupae collected from Hokkaido.
{"title":"Two new species and a newly recorded species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Hokkaido, Japan, with the description of the male of Simulium (Simulium) iwatense (Shiraki)","authors":"H. Takaoka, M. Iwasa, Y. Otsuka, M. Fukuda","doi":"10.7601/MEZ.72.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7601/MEZ.72.39","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species, Simulium (Simulium) iwasai and S. (S.) obihiroense, are described from females collected from Hokkaido, Japan. Both new species are placed in the S. (S.) venustum species-group. Simulium (Montisimulium) kobayashii Okamoto et al., is newly recorded from Hokkaido. In addition, the male of S. (S.) iwatense (Shiraki) in the S. (S.) ornatum species-group is fully described for the rst time based on males reared from pupae collected from Hokkaido.","PeriodicalId":104111,"journal":{"name":"Medical Entomology and Zoology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130747926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
e parous rate of Aedes albopictus was investigated by human bait-sweep net collection in a thicket of Kobe City from 2015 to 2019. e overall parous rates from 2015 to 2019 were 49.7%, 45.3%, 36.9%, 37.2%, and 45.6%, respectively. e results from every investigation year highlighted a relationship between the number of individuals and the parous rates. e relationship was notable in summer. In 2015, when the number of individuals was the highest in the middle of August, the parous rate was high at 68.4%. In 2016, when the number was slightly less in early August and late August, the parous rates were still high, at 63.6% and 76.5%, respectively. During late July and early August in 2017, the numbers were less and the parous rates were low (20.7% and 27.3%, respectively). In 2018, dry ice (300~500 g) was used to attract mosquitoes. A total of 513 individuals were collected in midSeptember and the parous rate was 20.0%. In late July and early August, the number of individuals were 31, 35 and the parous rates were 26.7% and 42.4%, respectively. In 2019, when there were a large number of individuals in August and September, high parous rates such as 59.7%, 82.4% were observed.
{"title":"Seasonal fluctuation of the parous rate of Aedes albopictus at a thicket in Kobe City, Japan from 2015 to 2019","authors":"H. Yamanishi","doi":"10.7601/MEZ.72.67","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7601/MEZ.72.67","url":null,"abstract":"e parous rate of Aedes albopictus was investigated by human bait-sweep net collection in a thicket of Kobe City from 2015 to 2019. e overall parous rates from 2015 to 2019 were 49.7%, 45.3%, 36.9%, 37.2%, and 45.6%, respectively. e results from every investigation year highlighted a relationship between the number of individuals and the parous rates. e relationship was notable in summer. In 2015, when the number of individuals was the highest in the middle of August, the parous rate was high at 68.4%. In 2016, when the number was slightly less in early August and late August, the parous rates were still high, at 63.6% and 76.5%, respectively. During late July and early August in 2017, the numbers were less and the parous rates were low (20.7% and 27.3%, respectively). In 2018, dry ice (300~500 g) was used to attract mosquitoes. A total of 513 individuals were collected in midSeptember and the parous rate was 20.0%. In late July and early August, the number of individuals were 31, 35 and the parous rates were 26.7% and 42.4%, respectively. In 2019, when there were a large number of individuals in August and September, high parous rates such as 59.7%, 82.4% were observed.","PeriodicalId":104111,"journal":{"name":"Medical Entomology and Zoology","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131978743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
is study compared the number of individuals Musca domestica and Megaselia scalaris caught in multiple vertically placed traps to determine the e ective placement of height of traps for monitoring. e number of M. domestica decreased signi cantly as the height of the light trap increased. e number of M. scalaris was largest in the highest trap when 2 or 3 traps were operated. ere was no signi cant di erence in the number of M. domestica and M. scalaris caught at di erent heights when only one light was turned on, which suggested that both species were attracted to the light at any height, regardless of their height preferences. ese results indicate that when multiple traps are used for indoor monitoring of ies, the traps should be set at a uniform height.
{"title":"Effect of indoor light trap height on capture of Musca domestica and Megaselia scalaris","authors":"G. Kimura","doi":"10.7601/MEZ.72.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7601/MEZ.72.9","url":null,"abstract":"is study compared the number of individuals Musca domestica and Megaselia scalaris caught in multiple vertically placed traps to determine the e ective placement of height of traps for monitoring. e number of M. domestica decreased signi cantly as the height of the light trap increased. e number of M. scalaris was largest in the highest trap when 2 or 3 traps were operated. ere was no signi cant di erence in the number of M. domestica and M. scalaris caught at di erent heights when only one light was turned on, which suggested that both species were attracted to the light at any height, regardless of their height preferences. ese results indicate that when multiple traps are used for indoor monitoring of ies, the traps should be set at a uniform height.","PeriodicalId":104111,"journal":{"name":"Medical Entomology and Zoology","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128228572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Toxoplasmosis is a zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii, which infects almost all mammals and birds. Felids are de nitive hosts that shed oocysts of T. gondii with their feces, which is then transmitted by oral ingestion. e study analyzed the prevalence of T. gondii infection in free-ranging cats on Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture from 2017 to 2018, and found a seropositivity rate of 47.2% (59/125). is result indicated the importance of understanding and managing the behavioral patterns of felids, including the free-ranging cats. Toxoplasmosis is also an important food-borne parasitic disease due to its ability to be transmitted by consuming undercooked meat of infected animals. Considering that all developmental stages of T. gondii, including oocyst, tachyzoite, and cysts, are capable of infection, a One Health approach that considers the health maintenance of humans, animals, and the environment is important for the control of toxoplasmosis.
{"title":"One Health approach in the control of zoonosis with special attention on Toxoplasmosis","authors":"C. Sanjoba, Y. Watari, Y. Matsumoto, T. Miyashita","doi":"10.7601/MEZ.72.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7601/MEZ.72.1","url":null,"abstract":"Toxoplasmosis is a zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii, which infects almost all mammals and birds. Felids are de nitive hosts that shed oocysts of T. gondii with their feces, which is then transmitted by oral ingestion. e study analyzed the prevalence of T. gondii infection in free-ranging cats on Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture from 2017 to 2018, and found a seropositivity rate of 47.2% (59/125). is result indicated the importance of understanding and managing the behavioral patterns of felids, including the free-ranging cats. Toxoplasmosis is also an important food-borne parasitic disease due to its ability to be transmitted by consuming undercooked meat of infected animals. Considering that all developmental stages of T. gondii, including oocyst, tachyzoite, and cysts, are capable of infection, a One Health approach that considers the health maintenance of humans, animals, and the environment is important for the control of toxoplasmosis.","PeriodicalId":104111,"journal":{"name":"Medical Entomology and Zoology","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130826569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pseudocollinella (Setiopacifrons) digna (Roháček, 1982) is recorded from Japan for the rst time. Pseudocollinella (Setiopacifrons) simplicisternum Papp, 2016 is synonymized with P. digna. Two Japanese species of the genus are redescribed and illustrated for the comparison.
{"title":"A new record of the genus Pseudocollinella Duda (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from Japan","authors":"Toshihiko Hayashi","doi":"10.7601/MEZ.72.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7601/MEZ.72.17","url":null,"abstract":"Pseudocollinella (Setiopacifrons) digna (Roháček, 1982) is recorded from Japan for the rst time. Pseudocollinella (Setiopacifrons) simplicisternum Papp, 2016 is synonymized with P. digna. Two Japanese species of the genus are redescribed and illustrated for the comparison.","PeriodicalId":104111,"journal":{"name":"Medical Entomology and Zoology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130933045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cimex japonicus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) was collected from the birdlike noctule Nyctalus aviator, the Asian parti-colored bat Vespertilio sinensis, the fraternal Myotis Myotis frater, and the eastern water bat Myotis petax in Tokachi District, Hokkaido, Japan. In the present study, C. japonicus is newly recorded from Tokachi District.
{"title":"New distributional records of Cimex japonicus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) from Tokachi District, Hokkaido, Japan","authors":"T. Yamauchi, T. Akasaka, M. Iwasa","doi":"10.7601/MEZ.72.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7601/MEZ.72.31","url":null,"abstract":"Cimex japonicus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) was collected from the birdlike noctule Nyctalus aviator, the Asian parti-colored bat Vespertilio sinensis, the fraternal Myotis Myotis frater, and the eastern water bat Myotis petax in Tokachi District, Hokkaido, Japan. In the present study, C. japonicus is newly recorded from Tokachi District.","PeriodicalId":104111,"journal":{"name":"Medical Entomology and Zoology","volume":"151 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131189652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
is report describes human dermatitis that is caused by the bite of Ceratophyllus (Monopsyllus) indages indages (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) from the Siberian ying squirrel Pteromys volans orii in Hokkaido, Japan. is case represents the rst description of human dermatitis caused by the bite of C. i. indages.
{"title":"Human dermatitis caused by the flying squirrel’s flea, Ceratophyllus indages indages (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) in Hokkaido, Japan","authors":"T. Yamauchi, H. Kikuchi, T. Oshida","doi":"10.7601/MEZ.72.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7601/MEZ.72.33","url":null,"abstract":"is report describes human dermatitis that is caused by the bite of Ceratophyllus (Monopsyllus) indages indages (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) from the Siberian ying squirrel Pteromys volans orii in Hokkaido, Japan. is case represents the rst description of human dermatitis caused by the bite of C. i. indages.","PeriodicalId":104111,"journal":{"name":"Medical Entomology and Zoology","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121114579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract: e female of Myorhina (Asiopierretia) kayaensis (Park, 1962) is described based on specimens collected in Shimane Pref., Honshu, Japan. e female of this Korean esh y has never been found and described. e description was made of three pairs of copulated specimens. e result of comparative anatomy of female genitalia suggests this species of Asiopierretia Rohdendorf has a distinct status among the generic groups such as Psuedothyrsocnema Rohdendorf and Bellieriomima Rohdendorf which usually has three pairs of postsutural dorsocentral bristles. Female genitalia of this species are also rst described, anatomically analyzed and illustrated.
{"title":"Females of Myorhina (Asiopierretia) kayaensis Park (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) recorded from Honshu, Japan","authors":"H. Kurahashi, S. Kakinuma","doi":"10.7601/MEZ.72.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7601/MEZ.72.21","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: e female of Myorhina (Asiopierretia) kayaensis (Park, 1962) is described based on specimens collected in Shimane Pref., Honshu, Japan. e female of this Korean esh y has never been found and described. e description was made of three pairs of copulated specimens. e result of comparative anatomy of female genitalia suggests this species of Asiopierretia Rohdendorf has a distinct status among the generic groups such as Psuedothyrsocnema Rohdendorf and Bellieriomima Rohdendorf which usually has three pairs of postsutural dorsocentral bristles. Female genitalia of this species are also rst described, anatomically analyzed and illustrated.","PeriodicalId":104111,"journal":{"name":"Medical Entomology and Zoology","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132367100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Sasaki, Mamoru Watanabe, A. Tawatsin, Toshio Hashiba
e role of zebra stripes has so far been described in four categories: camou age and visual disturbance, reduced body temperature rise, social function, and avoidance of blood-sucking insects. Although there are various studies that prove this, a few are from the viewpoint of entomology. erefore, we veri ed whether zebra stripes would avoid blood-sucking ies by trapping method at Toga, Toyama, Japan, using the Nzi trap (with attractant) made black, white and zebra-patterned cotton cloth. As a result, the zebra-striped Nzi traps and white ones could not signi cantly (p<0.01) attract and capture Tabanus iyoensis than the black ones, and signi cant di erence between the zebra-striped and white ones were not recognized (p>0.05).
{"title":"Tabanus iyoensis (Diptera: Tabanidae) avoid white and pattern like zebra stripe traps in comparison with black one on the field studies","authors":"H. Sasaki, Mamoru Watanabe, A. Tawatsin, Toshio Hashiba","doi":"10.7601/mez.71.333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.71.333","url":null,"abstract":"e role of zebra stripes has so far been described in four categories: camou age and visual disturbance, reduced body temperature rise, social function, and avoidance of blood-sucking insects. Although there are various studies that prove this, a few are from the viewpoint of entomology. erefore, we veri ed whether zebra stripes would avoid blood-sucking ies by trapping method at Toga, Toyama, Japan, using the Nzi trap (with attractant) made black, white and zebra-patterned cotton cloth. As a result, the zebra-striped Nzi traps and white ones could not signi cantly (p<0.01) attract and capture Tabanus iyoensis than the black ones, and signi cant di erence between the zebra-striped and white ones were not recognized (p>0.05).","PeriodicalId":104111,"journal":{"name":"Medical Entomology and Zoology","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127431240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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