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Table 1 Number of sampled blood-engorged mosquitoes sorted according to their species and the village from which they were collected. Number in parenthesis represents the percent proportion of the corresponding species relative to the other species collected from a village

From: Plasticity of host selection by malaria vectors of Papua New Guinea

Mosquito species

Matukar

n (%)

Mirap

n (%)

Wasab

n (%)

Dimer

n (%)

Kokofine

n (%)

An. bancroftii

0 (0)

66 (4.2)

3 (1.1)

1 (2.2)

0 (0)

An. farauti (s.s.)

55 (85.9)

1,443 (91.9)

20 (7.2)

2 (4.3)

0 (0)

An. hinesorum

3 (4.7)

5 (0.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

An. farauti no. 4

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

483 (100)

An. koliensis

0 (0)

22 (1.4)

31 (11.2)

4 (8.7)

0 (0)

An. longirostris

2 (3.1)

19 (1.2)

99 (35.7)

4 (8.7)

0 (0)

An. punctulatus (s.s.)

4 (6.3)

15 (1)

124 (44.8)

35 (76.1)

0 (0)

Total

64 (100)

1,570 (100)

277 (100)

46 (100)

483 (100)