Updated distribution of anopheline mosquitoes in Hokkaido, Japan, and the first evidence of Anopheles belenrae in Japan

Table 1 Classification results of mosquitoes collected in Hokkaido from 2001 to 2015

Area name in Hokkaido^a		GPS coordinates		An. belenrae	An. engarensis	An. lesteri	An. Sineroides	Total no. identified	Years collected^b
Area name in Hokkaido^a		Latitude (N)	Longitude (E)	An. belenrae	An. engarensis	An. lesteri	An. Sineroides	Total no. identified	Years collected^b
Doto area: Eastern Hokkaido	Ozora-1	43.8748	144.1291		9	10		19	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2014
	Ozora-2	43.8647	144.1082		2	7		9
	Shibecha	43.1531	144.5072	1				1
	Tsurui	43.1129	144.3286	1				1
	Kushiro-1	43.0756	144.2778	1		1	1	3
	Kushiro-2	43.0668	144.2976	17		2		19
	Toyokoro-1	42.8206	143.5394	2				2
	Toyokoro-2	42.8183	143.5417	1				1
	Onbetsu	42.9644	143.8848	10				10
Doo area: Central Hokkaido	Fukagawa	43.7499	142.0756		1		3	4	2002 2003 2014 2015
	Naganuma-1	43.0685	141.7303		1			1
	Naganuma-2	42.9717	141.7330		2		1	3
	Kuriyama	42.9921	141.8794		45	1		46
	Atsuma-1	42.7002	141.8332				1	1
	Atsuma-2	42.7000	141.8334		1			1
	Atsuma-3	42.6407	141.7871			1		1
	Tomakomai	42.6401	141.7883		2	2		4
	Mukawa-1	42.5993	141.9595		69	3	1	73
	Mukawa-2	42.5894	141.9444		1			1
Donan area: Southern Hokkaido	Nanae	41.9792	140.6951		3	12		15	2003
	Hakodate	41.7706	140.8619			15		15
	Shiriuchi	41.6243	140.4280			18		18
Total no. specimens of each species				33	136	72	7	248

^aHokkaido is generally divided into four areas: Doto, Doo, Donan, and Dohoku. The Dohoku area was not included in this survey. See Fig. 4 for each area in Hokkaido
^bMosquito surveys were conducted once a year in late July or August at approximately the same location

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