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Table 3 Observed and predicted parity rate 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

  

Observed parity rate

Predicted parity rate1

Species

N

DT

DA

SCT

OVI

DT

DA

SCT

OVI

C. brunnicans

313

0.47

0.69

0.39

0.67

0.51a

0.65a

0.42a

0.72b

C. obsoletus

75

0.86

0.43

-

0.54

0.86a

0.41b

-

0.54b

C. dewulfi

46

0.44

0.43

1.002

0.25

0.45

0.45

1.00

0.24

C. scoticus

27

0.12

0.40

0.25

0.00

0.12

0.40

0.25

0.00

C. punctatus

16

0.50

-

1.00

0.54

0.50

-

1.00

0.54

  1. 1 Different letters mean difference between traps in predicted number of females for α = 0.05
  2. 2 Only C. dewulfi parous female was collected with the sticky cover trap