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Table 2 Number of specimens of each morphologically identified mosquito species randomly selected for MALDI-TOF MS analysis, creation of the reference database and blind test results for MS identification and log-score values of each species

From: MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry identification of mosquitoes collected in Vietnam

Morphological ID

No. tested/no. collected

No. of good spectra

No. added to database

MALDI-TOF MS ID

LSV range (minimum–maximum)

Ae. albopictus

100/640

94

0

Ae. albopictusa (94)

1.892–2.371

Ae. aegypti

100/507

98

0

Ae. aegyptia (98)

1.729–2.39

An. aconitus

10/15

7

2

An. aconitus (5)

1.732–2.786

An. annularis

2/3

2

1

An. annularis (1)

2.082

An. barbirostris

3/7

1

1

An. barbirostris (0)

Not applicable

An.dirus

79/281

79

3

An. dirus (75)

1.78–2.782

An. kochi

7/8

0

0

Not identified

Not applicable

An. jamesii

36/49

34

4

An. jamessi (29)

1.844–2.605

An. jeyporiensis

1/1

0

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

An. maculatus

329/1062

287

2

An. maculatus (276)

1.708–2.782

An. minimus s.l.

79/183

7

1

An. minimus (4)

2.174–2.815

71

3

An. harrisoni (66)

1.836–2.821

An. peditaeniatus

46/81

43

4

An. peditaeniatus (37)

1.814–2.539

An. sinensis

10/11

8

1

An. sinensis (7)

1992–2.755

An. splendidus

36/36

28

2

An. splendidus (24)

1.851–2.449

An. vagus

16/35

14

3

An. vagus (11)

2.088–2.777

An. varuna

8/9

8

1

An. varuna (7)

2.065–2.449

Culex sp.

391/1287

277

0

Cx. quinquefasciatusa (48)

1.725–2.401

Culex sp.

4

Cx. tritaeniorhynchus (58)

1.739–2.338

Culex sp.

4

Cx. pseudovishnui (46)

1.820 –2.012

Culex sp.

1

Cx. pallidothorax (0)

0

Culex sp.

2

Cx. fuscocephala (25)

1.756–2.843

Culex sp.

4

Cx. vishnui (44)

1.72–2

Culex sp.

0

Cx. sitiensa (30)

1.737–2.144

Culex spp.

Not applicable

Not identified

Not applicable

Total

1253/4215

1058

43

  
  1. aSpecies was already available in our database
  2. ( ) the values in parentheses: the number of specimens of each species was identified using MALDI-TOF MS