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Table 6 Plasmodium lineages found in collected mosquito pools (a, abdomen; t, thorax)

From: New insight into avian malaria vectors in New Zealand

Mosquito species

Pools positive for Plasmodium spp. DNA

Number of pools successfully sequenced

Plasmodium lineages

Number of pools with multiple lineages identified

LINN1

GRW6

SYAT05

Relictum spp.

Introduced

       

 Aedes notoscriptus

22

17

9 (6a;3t)

1(t)

10 (4a;6t)

1(a)

8

 Culex quinquefasciatus

1

1

1(a)

1(a)

  

1

Native

    

 

 Culex pervigilans

13

9

7 (5a;2t)

6 (4a;2t)

3(2a;1t)

6

 Opifex fuscus

1

0

0

 Aedes antipodeus

0

0

0

 Culex astelidae

0

0

0

Unidentified

       

 Culex species

1

1

1(t)

0

Unknown species

4

2

1(a)

1(a)

1

Total

42

30

18 (60%)

(14a; 6t)

8 (26.7%)

(5a; 4t)

15 (50%)

(8a; 8t)

1 (3.3%)

(1a)

16