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Table 1 Frequency and percentage of each mosquito species with information on the frequency of detected host-feeding groups (birds, non-human mammals and humans) and number of detected host species

From: Host-feeding patterns of mosquito species in Germany

Mosquito species

No. of mosquito specimens

Percentage of all collected specimens

Birds

Non-human mammals

Humans

Host species

Aedes albopictus

1

0.1

0

0

1

1

Aedes cinereus

25

3.2

2

19

4

9

Aedes rossicus

42

5.4

0

37

5

5

Aedes vexans

363

46.8

4

325

34

21

Aedes/Ochlerotatus spp.

15

1.9

0

14

1

4

Anopheles claviger

11

1.4

0

7

4

5

Anopheles maculipennis (s.l.)

10

1.3

1

9

0

6

Anopheles plumbeus

1

0.1

0

0

1

1

Coquillettidia richiardii

11

1.4

0

10

1

5

Culiseta annulata

18

2.3

0

14

4

5

Culiseta morsitans

18

2.3

2

5

11

4

Culex pipiens pipiens form pipiens

100

12.9

28

37

35

15

(Culex pipiens (s.l.) /torrentium

10

1.3

4

0

6

2

Culex spp.

1

0.1

1

0

0

1

Culex torrentium

15

1.9

8

1

6

3

Ochlerotatus annulipes

8

1.0

0

3

5

3

Ochlerotatus cantans

99

12.8

0

73

26

5

Ochlerotatus cantans/annulipes

2

0.3

0

1

1

2

Ochlerotatus communis

3

0.4

0

2

1

2

Ochlerotatus excrucians

1

0.1

0

0

1

1

Ochlerotatus geniculatus

2

0.3

0

0

2

1

Ochlerotatus refiki

1

0.1

0

0

1

1

Ochlerotatus rusticus

2

0.3

0

2

0

2

Ochlerotatus sticticus

16

2.1

1

13

2

7

Total (percentage)

775 (100 %)

 

51 (6.6 %)

572 (73.8 %)

152 (19.6)