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Table 3 Total number of mosquitoes with blood meals from different vertebrate host species. For the Culex pipiens complex, the genetic subspecies is shown

From: Unravelling the mosquito-haemosporidian parasite-bird host network in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula: insights into malaria infections, mosquito community and feeding preferences

Host feeding source

Vector species (subspecies)

Anopheles atroparvus

Culex pipiens (pipiens)

Culex pipiens (molestus)

Culex hybrids (pipiens/molestus)

Culex theileri

Emberiza calandra

 

1

   

Galerida cristata

   

1 (1)

 

Gallus gallus

  

1

  

Hirundo rustica

 

1

   

Passer montanus

 

1

   

Petronia petronia

 

1 (1)

   

Sitta europaea

 

1

   

Sylvia atricapilla

 

1

   

Turdus merula

 

2 (1)

   

Bos taurus

  

1

 

1

Canis lupus familiaris

 

1

   

Homo sapiens

4

5 (1)

 

2

3

Total

4

14

2

3

4

  1. Number of mosquitoes carrying parasites is shown between brackets
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Parasites & Vectors

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