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Table 4 Blood meal host identification in Culicidae in the six urban environments studied in the Basque Country (northern Spain) during 2019

From: Mosquitoes in urban green spaces and cemeteries in northern Spain

City

Culicidae

No.a

Species

Host DNA (no.b)

Estuarine city

3

Culex pipiens s.l

Turdus merula (1)

Coastal city

1

Culiseta annulata

–

 

4

Cs. longiareolata

–

 

9

Cx. pipiens s.l

Turdus merula (1)

Turdus philomelos (1)

Anas platyrhynchos (1)

Erithacus rubecula (1)

Passer domesticus (1)

Serinus serinus (1)

Serinus canarius (1)

  1. aTotal number of blood-fed or gravid mosquito females analysed
  2. bIn parentheses: the number of mosquitoes in which host DNA was identified