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Table 1 Identifications of mosquito genera and species, according to development stage and sex

From: Identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): an external quality assessment of medical entomology laboratories in the MediLabSecure Network

 

Percentage of correct genus identification

Fisher’s exact test (P-value)

Percentage of correct species identification

Fisher’s exact test (P-value)

All mosquitoes (n = 206)

81.1

63.6

All larvae (n = 76)

88.2

ns (0.064)

60.5

ns (0.5489)

All adults (n = 130)

76.9

65.4

Adult females (n = 96)

81.3

ns (0.060)

68.8

ns (0.2098)

Adult males (n = 34)

64.7

55.9

  1. Abbreviations: ns, not significant