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Land use patterns and the occurrence of Anopheles species larvae were studied in Sukabumi District, West Java, Indonesia, from October 2004 to September 2005. Two land use maps derived using remote sensing were used. One map derived from Quickbird satellite images of 150 km² of the Simpenan and Ciemas subdistricts (106° 27'53"-106° 38'38" E and 6° 59'59"-7° 8'46" S) in Sukabumi and one using ASTER images covering 4,000 km² of Sukabumi District from 106° 22'15"-107° 4'1" E and 6° 42'50"-7° 26'13" S. There was a total of 11 Anopheles spp. collected from 209 sampling locations in the area covered by the Quickbird image and a total of 15 Anopheles spp. collected from 1,600 sampling locations in the area covered by the ASTER map. For the area covered by the land use maps, ten species were found to have statistically positive relationships between land use class and species presence: Anopheles aconitus, An. annularis, An. barbirostris. An. flavirostris, An. insulaeflorum, An. kochi, An. maculatus, An. subpictus, An. sundaicus, and An. vagus. Quickbird and ASTER satellite images both produced land maps that were adequate for predicting species presence in an area. The land use classes associated with malaria vector breeding were rice paddy (An. aconitus, An. subpictus), plantation located near or adjacent to human settlements (An. maculatus), bush/shrub (An. aconitus, An. maculatus, An. sundaicus), bare land, and water body land use on the coast located ≤ 250 m of the beach (An. sundaicus). Understanding the associations of habitat and species in one area, predictions of species presence or absence can be made prior to a ground survey allowing for accurate vector survey and control planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a study on mosquito larval collection records of Culex species with an emphasis on Japanese encephalitis vectors in rice fields in Sukabumi in West Java, Indonesia. The large-scale mosquito larval distribution study was conducted due to a malaria outbreak in 2003. A table is presented that compares the number of rice fields, mean rice plant height and the range of rice plant heights for four of five Culex species.