The intracellular endosymbiont bacterium Wolbachia is currently known to be the most common in arthropods. It mayleads to male-killing, cytoplasmic incompatibility, parthenogenesis and feminization of genetic males with large impacton host ecology and evolution in mosquitoes. Mosquitoes was collected in four areas with various ecological conditionsusing black light traps and Wolbachia detection from the collected mosquitoes was carried out by PCR using WSP andFtsZ genes primers. A total of 385 individual mosquitoes were screened. 213 mosquitoes (55.3%) belonging to four specieswere positive for Wolbachia infections. Aedes albopictus showed the highest infection rate (100%). Wolbachia infectionand type were firstly reported in Aedes in Korea.

• Hyeong-Woo Im(Division of Vectros and Parasites Diseases, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Shin Hyeong Cho(Division of Vectros and Parasites Diseases, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Kyu-Sik Chang(Division of Vectros and Parasites Diseases, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention)