Evidence of an ‘invitation’ effect in feeding sylvatic Stegomyia albopicta from Cambodia

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Distribution of landing sites of day biting mosquitoes collected from the two hosts during the study

Body region	Body part	JDC	EVET	Wall	Sum
Not available	Not available	109	143	948	1200
Head	Head	2	2		4
	Face		1		1
	Forehead	31	21		52
	Eyebrow	5	11		16
	Eye	1	1		2
	Nose	3	15		18
	Ear	4	27		31
	Lip	2	3		5
	Cheek	32	41		73
	Chin	5	5		10
	Neck	26	25		51
Posterior trunk	Back	35	10		45
	Shoulder	127	157		284
	Bottom		4		4
Anterior trunk	Chest	12	10		22
	Torso	37	18		55
	Waist	6			6
Arms	Arm	2	8		10
	Armpit		3		3
	Upper arm	31	76		107
	Elbow	50	71		121
	Forearm	21	39		60
Hands	Hand	7	22		29
	Wrist	4	26		30
Upper legs	Thigh	14	46		60
	Knee	103	76		179
Lower legs	Leg	10	20		30
	Lower leg	14	25		39
	Shin	24	8		32
	Calf	73	71		144
Feet	Ankle	23	32		55
	Foot	33	30		63
	Heel	5	4		9
	Toe	2	2		4
Total		853	1053	948	2854

Note that the insects collected without location information were collected at the start of the study.

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