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Table 7 Anopheline mosquito species sorted by gender caught from cloth tubes at the central and edge locations during MRRI, 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 identification and gender

Release point and total captured, N (%)

E

C

Total An. arabiensis males

83 (42.13)

27 (50.00)

 Of which were marked An. arabiensis males

3 (3.61)

7 [1a] (25.92)

An. arabiensis females

43 (21.83)

16 (29.63)

An. parensis males

33 (16.75)

3 (5.56)

An. parensis females

23 (11.68)

2 (3.70)

An. merus males

1 (0.51)

0

An. merus females

1 (0.51)

2 (3.70)

An. rivulorum males

0

0

An. rivulorum females

1 (0.51)

2 (3.70)

An. quadriannulatus males

1 (0.51)

0

An. quadriannulatus females

0

1 (1.85)

 No ID male GC

3 (1.52)

0

 No ID female GC

1 (0.51)

0

 No ID male FG

1 (0.51)

0

 No ID female FG

2 (1.02)

1 (1.85)

 Escaped female

4 (2.03)

0

Total

197 (100.00)

54 (100.00)

  1. FG, funestus group by morphology, GC, gambiae complex by morphology; N, number of individuals captured,
  2. aOne male captured at C was an orange-marked male (which was released at E)