Update on the biology and ecology of Culicoides species in the South-West region of Cameroon with implications on the transmission of Mansonella perstans

Table 4 Culicoides species collected during morning and evening periods in 4 sites using the HLC technique

Species	Site								Total collected in the morning	Total collected in the evening	Total collection (%)	C/m/h (morning)	C/m/h (evening)
	Bokwai		Ediki		Mbule		Nlog
	Morning	Evening	Morning	Evening	Morning	Evening	Morning	Evening
C. inornatipennis	2	27	12	4	64	0	0	0	78	31	109 (1.6)	1.6	0.6
C. fulvithorax	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	0	5	8	13 (0.2)	0.1	0.2
C. grahamii	896	3147	5	2	1420	967	9	230	2330	4346	6676 (96.5)	48.5	90.5
C. milnei	3	0	44	64	10	0	0	0	57	64	121 (1.7)	1.2	1.33
Total	901	3174	66	78	1494	967	9	230	2470	4449	6919 (100)	51.5	92.7

Notes: Number of collectors: 4; Number of working hours/morning: 3; Number of working hours/evening: 3; Number of collection days: 4; Total number of working hours morning: 12; Total number of working hours evening: 12
Abbreviation: C/m/h: number of Culicoides per man per hour