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Table 2 Larvae of Anopheles collected from various habitats in Wozeka and Gidole (October 2011 to February 2012), Southern Ethiopia

From: Comparative entomological study on ecology and behaviour of Anopheles mosquitoes in highland and lowland localities of Derashe District, southern Ethiopia

Breeding sites

An. christyi

An. arabiensis

An. demeilloni

An. cinereus

Total (%)

Stream n (%)

Wozeka

26 (38.8)

141 (94)

1 (100)

0 (0)

168 (77.1)

Gidole

3 (0.9)

0 (0)

106 (93)

0 (0)

109 (22)

Irrigation canal n (%)

Wozeka

41 (62.2)

9 (6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

50 (22.9)

Gidole

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Rain pool n (%)

Wozeka

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Gidole

223 (64.3)

27 (100)

4 (3.5)

1 (14.3)

255 (51.5)

Spring pool n (%)

Wozeka

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Gidole

121 (34.9)

0 (0)

4 (3.5)

6 (85.7)

131 (26.5)