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Table 2 Identifications of mosquito species ordered by decreasing rightness of identification of adult specimens. Only species where six or more adults were correctly identified were retained for analysis

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

 

Percentage of correct species identification (adults)

Percentage of correct species identification (larvae)

Aedes albopictus

95 (n = 19)

– (n = 0)

Culiseta longiareolata

71 (n = 17)

74 (n = 19)

Aedes vittatus

68 (n = 19)

37 (n = 19)

Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis

63 (n = 19)

84 (n = 19)

Aedes vexans

60 (n = 15)

– (n = 0)

Culex hortensis

55 (n = 11)

– (n = 0)

Anopheles maculipennis (s.l.)

50 (n = 6)

– (n = 0)

Culex pipiens (s.l.)

50 (n = 18)

– (n = 0)

Aedes detritus (s.l.)

– (n = 0)

47 (n = 19)