Author(s)

Ahmad Rohani¹, Abd Rahman Aidil Azahary^1,2, Mohamed Nor Zurainee², Wan Mohd Ali Wan Najdah¹, Ismail Zamree¹, Mohd Omar Hanif¹, Mohd Majid Ariffin¹, Hamid Zuhaizam¹, Ismail Suzilah³, Han Lim Lee¹

¹Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
²Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³School of Quantitative Sciences (SQS), UUM College of Arts and Sciences, University Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia.

Adult mosquito sampling techniques are essential for monitoring transmission of malaria and other mosquito borne infections. Preference for any sampling technique depends on both its field efficiency and the characteristics of local vector populations. Surveys on adult mosquitoes using Human Landing Catch (HLC) and CO₂-baited CDC light trap (CDC-LT) techniques were conducted in several knowlesi malaria endemic areas between the months of March to December 2012 in several states of Peninsula Malaysia. These two techniques were relatively compared to determine the preferences of anopheline mosquitoes towards CO₂-baited CDC-LT technique using HLC technique as the reference method. Cx. gelidus, An. maculates and An. introlatus were the main three species collected by HLC technique, whereas the species collected by CO₂-baited CDC-LT technique were mostly An. cracens, Ar. durhami and Coquillettidia species. Most of the Anopheles species were collected almost exclusively by the human collectors except for An. cracens and An. introlatus which were collected using both techniques. Anopheles cracens was the most dominant species captured using CO₂-baited CDC-LT technique. This is the first report showing An. cracens was caught using CO₂-baited CDC-LT technique in Malaysia.

Anopheles cracens, Human Landing Catch, CDC Light Trap

Rohani, A. , Azahary, A. , Zurainee, M. , Wan Najdah, W. , Zamree, I. , Hanif, M. , Ariffin, M. , Zuhaizam, H. , Suzilah, I. and Lee, H. (2016) Comparative Human Landing Catch and CDC Light Trap in Mosquito Sampling in Knowlesi Malaria Endemic Areas in Peninsula Malaysia. Advances in Entomology, 4, 1-10. doi: 10.4236/ae.2016.41001.