Community analysis of the abundance and diversity of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in three European countries at different latitudes

Table 1 Species diversity indices by trap type. Values for Simpson’s Index of diversity, Shannon-Wiener’s diversity and Shannon-Wiener’s evenness for two trap types in three countries, Sweden, the Netherlands and Italy

Taxonomic diversity	Sweden		The Netherlands		Italy
Taxonomic diversity	BGS	MMLP	BGS	MMLP	BGS	MMLP
No. of samples (trapping nights)	138	136	159	153	160	141
No. of species trapped	14	29	8	12	16	24
No. of specimens trapped	270	1028	2397	899	2108	3489
Simpson’s Diversity Index	0.776	0.877	0.091	0.475	0.469	0.722
Shannon-Wiener’s diversity	1.874	2.377	0.225	0.942	1.033	1.611
Shannon-Wiener’s evenness	0.71	0.706	0.108	0.379	0.373	0.507

Abbreviations: BGS Biogents Sentinel trap, MMLP Mosquito Magnet Liberty Plus trap

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