Table 1 List of the Culicidae species collected as adult (A) and larva (L), and their distribution in Mauritania

Anopheles spp.

An. arabiensis (A, L)

An. arabiensis (A, L)

Brk, Hch, Hgh, Gmg, Nkc, Tag, Trz

[8, 20, 22, 42, 43, 47, 48]

An. coustani (A, L)

An. coustani (A)

Asb, Brk, Grg, Hgh, Trz

[8, 20, 35]

An. demeilloni (A, L)

Hgh

[20]

An. d’thali (A, L)

An. d’thali (A, L)

Adr, Hgh, Tag

[19, 20, 34, 44]

An. domicola (A)

Gdm, Grg

[48]

An. flavicosta

na

[40]

An. freetownensis (A)

Hgh

[8]

An. funestus (A, L)

An. funestus (A

Asb, Brk, Grg, Gmg; Hgh, Tag, Trz

[8, 9, 18, 20, 22, 23, 35, 47]

An. gambiae (A, L)

An. gambiae (A, L)

Asb, Brk, Grg, Hch, Hgh, Trz

[9, 18, 22, 35, 36, 42, 43, 47, 48]

An. melas (A)

Trz

[20, 33]

An. pharoensis (A, L)

An. pharoensis (A, L)

Adr, Asb, Brk, Grg, Hgh, Trz, Tag

[8,42,43,, 9, 18, 20, 22, 23, 35, 41–44, 47, 48]

An. pretoriensis (L)

An. pretoriensis (A

Hgh

[8, 12, 20]

An. rhodesiensis (A, L)

An. rhodesiensis (A, L)

Adr, Asb, Hgh, Tag

[8,42,, 19, 20, 23, 41–43, 48]

An. rufipes (A, L)

An. rufipes (A, L)

Asb, Brk, Grg, Hgh, Tag, Trz

[8,42,, 9, 18, 20, 23, 35, 41–43, 47, 48]

An. squamosus (A, L)

An. squamosus (A)

Adr, Asb, Brk, Grg, Hgh, Trz

[8, 9, 20]

An. wellcomei (A)

na

[9]

An. ziemanni (A, L)

An. ziemanni (A

Brk, Hgh, Tag

[8, 9, 20, 23, 42, 48]

Aedes spp.

Ae. aegypti (A, L)

Ae. aegypti (A, L)

Hch, Gmg, Grg, Nkc

[35, 51, 54, 55]

Ae. caspius (A, L)

Nkc

[51]

Ae. vexans (A)

Ae. vexans (A, L)

Adr, Asb, Grg, Hgh, Tag, Trz

[8,9,10, 21, 23, 43, 57]

Ae. dalzieli (A)

Hgh

[8]

Ae. fowleri (A)

Hgh

[8]

Ae. minutus (A)

Hgh

[8]

Ae. sudanensis (A)

Tag

[23]

Ae. vittatus (A, L)

Gmg, Grg, Hgh

[35, 54, 55]

Ae. luteocephalus (A)

Grg

[21]

Ae. scatophagoides (A)

Grg, Gmg

[21, 35]

Ae. metallicus (A)

Grg

[21]

Ae. ochraceus (A)

Ae. ochraceus (A)

Grg, Hgh

[8, 9, 21]

Ae. hirsutus (A)

Hgh

[35]

Ae. argenteopunctatus (A)

Hch

[35]

Culex spp.

Cx. antennatus (A, L)

Cx. antennatus (A)

Adr, Brk, Grg, Hgh, Tag, Trz

[8, 9, 21, 23, 35, 41]

Cx. poicilipes (A, L)

Cx. poicilipes (A)

Asb, Brk, Grg, Hgh, Tag, Trz

[8, 9, 21, 23, 35, 41]

Cx. ethiopicus (A, L)

Cx. ethiopicus (A)

Asb, Brk, Grg, Hgh, Tag

[8, 9, 21, 35]

Cx. quinquefasciatus (A)

Dkh, Ich, Tir, Trz, Tag,

[8, 23, 41, 43]

Cx. duttoni (L)

Gmg, Hgh

[35]

Cx. grahami (L)

Brk, Hgh

[35]

Cx. annulioris (L)

Hgh

[35]

Cx. univittatus (A, L)

Adr, Asb, Brk, Grg, Hgh, Tag, Trz

[21, 35]

Cx. simpsoni (L)

Grg, Hgh

[21, 35]

Cx. pipiens (A, L)

Adr, Hgh

[21, 35]

Cx. nebulosus (A, L)

Gmg

[35]

Cx. fatigans (A, L)

Grg, Nkc, Trz

[21, 35]

Cx. decens (A, L)

Cx. decens (A)

Adr, Asb, Hgh, Tag,

[8, 21, 23, 35, 41]

Cx. perfuscus (A)

Cx. perfuscus (A)

Adr, Asb, Hgh

[8, 21, 35, 41]

Cx. neavei (A)

Cx. neavei (A)

Adr, Hgh, Tag

[8, 9, 23, 35]

Cx. perexiguus (A, L)

Adr, Asb, Hgh, Grg, Nkc, Tag, Trz

[21]

Cx. tritaeniorhynchus (L)

Cx. tritaeniorhynchus (A)

Adr, Brk, Trz

[9, 35]

Cx. tigripes (A, L)

Cx. tigripes (A)

Asb, Grg, Hgh, Trz

[21, 35]

Mansonia spp.

Ma. uniformis (A)

Ma. uniformis (A)

Adr, Brk, Grg, Hgh, Tag, Trz

[9, 10, 21, 23, 35]

Ma. africana (A)

Ma. africana (A)

Gmg, Grg

[9, 21, 35]