Table 1 Species composition and number attracted (number engorged) per host treatment from enclosure traps in Naivasha, Kenya
From: Mosquito host choices on livestock amplifiers of Rift Valley fever virus in Kenya
Species groups | Species | Cow | Sheep | Goat | No. collected(No. engorged) | Percentage engorged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flood water Aedes spp. | Aedes dentatus | 125 (92) | 51 (24) | 130 (57) | 306 (173) | 56.5 |
| Â | Aedes mcintoshi | 5 (4) | 4 (3) | 4 (3) | 13 (10) | 76.9 |
| Â | Aedes tarsalis | 27 (22) | 8 (7) | 13 (11) | 48 (40) | 83.3 |
| Â | Aedes tricholabis | 38 (19) | 23 (3) | 20 (2) | 81 (24) | 29.6 |
| Â | Aedes hirsutus | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 4 (2) | 7 (3) | 42.9 |
Culex spp. | Culex pipiens (s.l.) | 166 (76) | 107 (37) | 62 (11) | 335 (124) | 37.0 |
| Â | Culex vansomereni | 244 (90) | 51 (8) | 52 (12) | 347 (110) | 31.7 |
| Â | Culex univittatus | 17 (7) | 12 (1) | 7 (0) | 36 (8) | 22.2 |
| Â | Culex zombaensis | 186 (127) | 36 (14) | 45 (9) | 267 (150) | 56.2 |
| Â | Culex terzii | 88 (84) | 84 (42) | 55 (30) | 227 (156) | 68.7 |
| Â | Culex theileri | 39 (32) | 1 (0) | 8 (6) | 48 (38) | 79.2 |
| Â | Culex poicilipes | 6 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (3) | 50.0 |
| Â | Culex annulioris | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 2 (0) | 0.0 |
| Â | Culex rubinotus | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 50.0 |
| Â | Culex ethiopicus | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 3 (1) | 33.3 |
| Â | Culex tigripes | 7 (0) | 8 (1) | 9 (0) | 24 (1) | 4.2 |
Anophelines | Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) | 180 (161) | 26 (12) | 38 (18) | 244 (191) | 78.3 |
| Â | Anopheles funestus | 292 (277) | 72 (50) | 64 (45) | 428 (372) | 86.9 |
| Â | Anopheles coustani | 26 (21) | 9 (6) | 12 (9) | 47 (36) | 76.6 |
| Â | Anopheles maculipalpis | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 6 (4) | 9 (7) | 77.8 |
| Â | Anopheles christyi | 6 (6) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 7 (7) | 100.0 |
Others | Aedes (Stegomyia) chaussieri | 8 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (2) | 11(5) | 45.5 |
| Â | Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti | 2 (2) | 1 (0) | 5 (3) | 8 (5) | 62.5 |
| Â | Aedes (Stegomyia) sp. | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 100.0 |
| Â | Aedes (Diceromyia) furcifer | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 100.0 |
| Â | Aedeomyia furfuria | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | 33.3 |
| Â | Aedeomyia africana | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 100.0 |