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Table 2 Mosquitoes collected as larvae in different microhabitats, in sylvatic arbovirus foci in Kédougou from June – December 2010

From: Larval ecology of mosquitoes in sylvatic arbovirus foci in southeastern Senegal

Species

Bamboo holes

Discarded containers

Decaying fruit husks

Fresh fruit husks

Puddles

Rock holes

Storage containers

Tree holes

Tires

 

Nb

%

Nb

%

Nb

%

Nb

%

Nb

%

Nb

%

Nb

%

Nb

%

Nb

%

Aedes aegypti

48

90.6

1206

51.4

49

38.9

57

8.7

27

11.1

36

8.9

97

100

84

6.6

24

96

Aedes africanus

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

6

0.5

0

0

Aedes argenteopunctatus

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

1

0.1

0

0

Aedes bromeliae

0

0.0

31

1.3

1

0.8

2

0.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

2

0.2

1

4

Aedes furcifer

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

3

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

63

5.0

0

0

Aedes hirsutus

0

0.0

9

0.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

6

2.5

0

0.0

0

0

0

0.0

0

0

Aedes longipalpis

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.2

1

0.4

0

0.0

0

0

104

8.2

0

0

Aedes luteocephalus

0

0.0

14

0.6

3

2.4

16

2.4

3

1.2

0

0.0

0

0

256

20.2

0

0

Aedes metallicus

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

1

0.1

0

0

Aedes minutus

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

1

0.1

0

0

Aedes neoafricatus

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

2

0.2

0

0

Aedes stokesi

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

7

0.6

0

0

Aedes taylori

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

0.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

253

20.0

0

0

Aedes unilineatus

3

5.7

2

0.1

5

4.0

19

2.9

0

0.0

1

0.2

0

0

66

5.2

0

0

Aedes vittatus

0

0.0

69

2.9

0

0.0

3

0.5

127

52.3

195

48.3

0

0

9

0.7

0

0

Anopheles coustani

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

0

0.0

0

0

Anopheles gambiae

0

0.0

7

0.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

0.5

0

0

0

0.0

0

0

Anopheles hancocki

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.2

0

0

0

0.0

0

0

Anopheles pretoriensis

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

3

0.7

0

0

0

0.0

0

0

Anopheles rufipes

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

14

3.5

0

0

2

0.2

0

0

Culex cinerus

0

0.0

33

1.4

1

0.8

10

1.5

6

2.5

0

0.0

0

0

116

9.2

0

0

Culex decens

0

0.0

11

0.5

0

0.0

1

0.2

12

4.9

74

18.3

0

0

16

1.3

0

0

Culex macfiei

0

0.0

2

0.1

0

0.0

1

0.2

0

0.0

4

1.0

0

0

27

2.1

0

0

Culex neavei

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.2

0

0

1

0.1

0

0

Culex nebulosus

0

0.0

485

20.7

2

1.6

106

16.2

19

7.8

6

1.5

0

0

140

11.1

0

0

Culex perfuscus

0

0.0

53

2.3

0

0.0

1

0.2

23

9.5

37

9.2

0

0

43

3.4

0

0

Culex tigripes

0

0.0

32

1.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.4

0

0.0

0

0

5

0.4

0

0

Culex tritaeniorhynchus

0

0.0

355

15.1

2

1.6

2

0.3

18

7.4

3

0.7

0

0

1

0.1

0

0

Eretmapodites chrysogaster

2

3.8

24

1.0

61

48.4

424

64.7

0

0.0

4

1.0

0

0

14

1.1

0

0

Eretmapodites oedipodius

0

0.0

1

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

0

0.0

0

0

Eretmapodites quinquevittatus

0

0.0

10

0.4

2

1.6

3

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

1

0.1

0

0

Ficalbia circumtestea

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

10

0.8

0

0

Toxorhynchites brevipalpis

0

0.0

1

0.0

0

0.0

2

0.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

29

2.3

0

0

Toxorhynchites lutescens

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0

6

0.5

0

0

Uranotaenia mashonensis

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

23

5.7

0

0

0

0.0

0

0

Total per microhabitat

53

100

2345

100

126

100

655

100

243

100

404

100

97

100

1266

100

25

100