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Table 2 Observed and predicted biting rates per collection session

From: Assessment of vector/host contact: comparison of animal-baited traps and UV-light/suction trap for collecting Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), vectors of Orbiviruses

  

Mean No. ♀

Predicted No. ♀2

Species 1

N

DT

DA

SCT

OVI

p

DT

DA

SCT

OVI

C. brunnicans

313

12.8

3.0

5.8

4.6

< 0.05

1.9a

0.7b

2.0a

1.1c

C. obsoletus

75

2.8

2.8

-

4.9

< 0.13

2.5a

2.6a

-

4.8b

C. dewulfi

46

3.9

2.0

1.0

1.3

-

3.8

1.6

-

0.6

C. scoticus

27

2.0

1.7

4.0

3.3

< 0.13

1.6ab

1.1b

3.9a

3.2ab

C. punctatus

16

2.0

-

3.0

1.8

-

1.6

-

2.8

1.4

  1. 1 Data correspond to number of females per collection for C. brunnicans and to number of females per positive collection for the other species
  2. 2 Different letters mean difference between traps in predicted number of females with the given p-value using the Wald test procedure for C. brunnicans and the graphical procedure for other species