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Table 4 Abundance of immature stages of common mosquito species 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

Decaying fruit husks

Fresh fruit husks

Puddles

Discarded containers

Tree holes

Bamboo holes

Rock holes

Tires

Storage containers

Aedes aegypti

1.37a

0.2b

0.14b

0.77a,b

0.14b

0.88a,b

0.02c

0.6a,b

0.02c

Aedes furcifer

 

0.02b

  

0.13a

    

Aedes longipalpis

 

0.005b

0.01a,b

 

0.14a

    

Aedes luteocephalus

0.1a,b

0.05b

0.04b

0.03b

0.35a

    

Aedes taylori

 

0.01b

  

0.3a

    

Aedes unilineatus

0.23b

0.06b

 

0.006c

0.12a

0.09a,b

0.002c

  

Aedes vittatus

 

0.014b

0.44a

0.05b

0.02b

 

0.11b

  

Culex cinerus

0.05a,b

0.03b

0.06a,b

0.03b

0.16a

    

Culex decens

 

0.005

0.07

0.02

0.02

 

0.04

  

Culex nebulosus

0.1a

0.1a

0.15a

0.16a

0.19a

 

0.009b

  

Culex perfuscus

 

0.005

0.15

0.04

0.05

 

0.03

  

Culex tritaeniorhynchus

0.07a

0.009b

0.1a

0.2a

0.003b

 

0.006b

  

Eretmapodites chrysogaster

2.1a

1.5a

 

0.04b

0.03b

0.06b

0.006c

  
  1. 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).