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Table 1 The seasonal abundance of adult mosquitoes and their resting sites

From: Species composition, seasonal occurrence, habitat preference and altitudinal distribution of malaria and other disease vectors in eastern Nepal

Mosquitoes species

Pre-monsoon

Post-monsoon

Both season

Resting sites

 

Total collected (N)

Relative abundance (%)

Total collected (N)

Relative abundance (%)

Total collected (N)

Relative abundance (%)

 

Aedes (n = 245)

       

Aedes aegypti

0

0

8

0.4

8

0.3

AS,NOS

Aedes albopictus

8

1.2

3

0.2

11

0.4

HS,HS

Aedes spp.

13

1.9

213

0.0

226

8.9

AS,HS,NOS

Culex (n = 742)

       

Culex quenquifasciatus

87

12.7

4

0.2

91

3.6

HS,AS

Culex tritaeniorhynchus

11

1.6

217

11.7

228

9.0

AS,HS

Unidentified Culex

54

7.9

369

19.9

423

16.7

AS,HS,NOS

Anopheles (n = 1396)

       

Anopheles aconitus

1

0.1

1

0.1

2

0.1

AS

Anopheles nivipes

3

0.4

2

0.1

5

0.2

AS

Anopheles tessellatus

10

1.5

1

0.1

11

0.4

AS

Anopheles nigerrimus

8

1.2

6

0.0

14

0.6

AS,HS

Anopheles barbirostris

10

1.5

9

0.5

19

0.7

AS,HS

Anopheles splendidus

13

1.9

16

0.9

29

1.1

AS,HS

Anopheles sinensis

23

3.4

14

0.8

37

1.5

AS,HS,NOS

Anopheles culicifacies

25

3.6

18

1.0

43

1.7

AS,HS,MS,NOS

Anopheles pallidus

32

4.7

66

0.0

98

3.9

AS

Anopheles vagus

86

12.6

22

0.0

108

4.3

AS,HS,MS

Anopheles fluviatilis

5

0.7

116

6.3

121

4.8

AS,HS,NOS

Anopheles maculatus complex

114

16.6

25

1.3

139

5.5

AS,HS,NOS

Anopheles annularis

27

3.9

201

10.8

228

9.0

AS, HS, MS

Anopheles spp.

74

10.8

258

13.9

332

13.1

AS

Unidentified Anopheles

0

0.0

210

11.3

210

8.3

HS

Armigeres (n = 155)

       

Armigeres spp.

81

11.8

74

4.0

155

6.1

AS,HS,NOS

Total

685

100

1853

100

2538

100

 
  1. AS = Animal shelter, HS = Human shelter, MS = Mixed shelter of human and animal, NOS = Natural Outdoor Shelter.