Notes on the Distribution of Anopheles (Anopheles) sinensis Wiedemann (Diptera: Culicidae) in China and the Status of Some Anopheles Hyrcanus Group Type Specimens from China

摘要

Anopheles (Anopheles) sinensis Wiedemann is an important vector of malarial parasitesin China and Korea (Liu et al. 1990,Wilkerson et al. 2003). It has a wide distribution in Asia, including Afghanistan, Cambodia, China (north and south parts,Hong Kong), Malaysia, India (Assam), Indonesia, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Ryukyu Islands), Korea (Korean Peninsula, Cheju Do), Myanmar, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (Tanaka et al. 1979, Harrison and Scanlon 1975), and Nepal (Darsie and Pradhan 1990). Several sources were used to document the distribution record of An. sihensis in China. First, LMR examined about 400 pinned mosquito specimens in the collection of the Institute of Zoology Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. These specimens are presently housed in more than 50 boxes (most of which are 29 X 21 X 5.5 cm in size). Based on these collections, about 27 localities (counties or towns) in 8 provinces and 1 city (Beijing) were confirmed for An. sinensis (Table 1). Secondly, more than a hundred specimens located in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and on loan from The Natural History Museum, London, identified as An. sinensis were examined and confirmed from three provinces: Guandong (Guangzhou: Daling), Yunnan (Kaiyuan, Kunming); Jiangsu (Nanjing, Wuxi). Thirdly, specimens of An. sinensis deposited in the Department of Etiologic Biology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, which includes collections from Hainan (Sanya and Lingshui), Guandong (Zhuhai) and Shanghai, were confirmed.