›› 2006, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (增刊): 3-s16.

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Current Status, Utilization and Sharing of Mosquito Germplasm Resources in China

QU Feng-yi   

  1. Department of Etiological Biology, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2006-12-30 Published:2006-12-30

Abstract: This paper reviewed the main mosquito-species resource of China recorded during 1828-2002 in different periods through Feng (1938), Meng (1955), Lu (1977), to Qu (2002). According to the new systematic series of Reinert (2001), the mosquito-record of China would be totally: 21 genera, 52 subgenera, and 395 species/ subspecies up to 2006. The first report of mosquito studies in China including: new species described by foreigner or Chinese entomo-logists, check list, hand-book of “key to Chinese mosquitoes”, and “Fauna of China” were cited. And with some discu-ssions on guarantee of the quality of resource materials, its utilization and resource-sharing.

Key words: China, Mosquito, Germplasm resources, Status, Sharing