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Table 5 Summary of anopheline mosquitoes by gender and species sampled from cloth tubes during MRRPT, Mamfene, Jozini, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

From: Estimates of the population size and dispersal range of Anopheles arabiensis in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: implications for a planned pilot programme to release sterile male mosquitoes

Species

Number of males

Number of females

Total (%)

Marked An. arabiensis

7

NA

7 (14.3)

Wild An. arabiensis

9

21

30 (61.2)

Other An. gambiae complex

0

2 (An. merus)

2 (4.1)

Total An. gambiae complex

16

23

39 (79.6)

An. funestus group

1 (An. rivulorum)

4 (An. parensis)

5 (10.2)

Other anopheline species

1

3

4 (8.2)

Failed amplification

0

1

1 (2.0)

Total collected

18

31

49 (100)

  1. NA, Not applicable (there were no marked An. arabiensis females)