Larval ecology of mosquitoes in sylvatic arbovirus foci in southeastern Senegal

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Abundance of immature stages of common mosquito species in different microhabitats, in sylvatic arbovirus foci, in Kédougou from June – December 2010

Species	Decaying fruit husks	Fresh fruit husks	Puddles	Discarded containers	Tree holes	Bamboo holes	Rock holes	Tires	Storage containers
Aedes aegypti	1.37^a	0.2^b	0.14^b	0.77^a,b	0.14^b	0.88^a,b	0.02^c	0.6^a,b	0.02^c
Aedes furcifer		0.02^b			0.13^a
Aedes longipalpis		0.005^b	0.01^a,b		0.14^a
Aedes luteocephalus	0.1^a,b	0.05^b	0.04^b	0.03^b	0.35^a
Aedes taylori		0.01^b			0.3^a
Aedes unilineatus	0.23^b	0.06^b		0.006^c	0.12^a	0.09^a,b	0.002^c
Aedes vittatus		0.014^b	0.44^a	0.05^b	0.02^b		0.11^b
Culex cinerus	0.05^a,b	0.03^b	0.06^a,b	0.03^b	0.16^a
Culex decens		0.005	0.07	0.02	0.02		0.04
Culex nebulosus	0.1^a	0.1^a	0.15^a	0.16^a	0.19^a		0.009^b
Culex perfuscus		0.005	0.15	0.04	0.05		0.03
Culex tritaeniorhynchus	0.07^a	0.009^b	0.1^a	0.2^a	0.003^b		0.006^b
Eretmapodites chrysogaster	2.1^a	1.5^a		0.04^b	0.03^b	0.06^b	0.006^c

Letters indicate the results of paired Mann–Whitney test when the Kruskal-Wallis test was found statistically significant or when only two habitats were being compared. Groups that do not share a letter are significantly different (P < 0.05).

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