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Table 1 Mosquito species caught across sites (n = 524)

From: Avian malaria prevalence and mosquito abundance in the Western Cape, South Africa

Mosquito species

Sites present

Summer

Winter

Total catch

Culex Culex

Culex culex pipiens complex$*

9

44

2

46

C. c. theileri *

9

20

5

25

C. c. univitattus *

6

14

6

20

C. c. decens

4

6

0

6

C. c. chorleyi

2

3

0

3

C. c. andersoni bwana

1

1

0

1

C. c. simpsoni

1

1

0

1

Total

 

92

13

105 (67%)

Culex culiciomyia

C. culiciomyia cinerellus

1

1

0

1

Total

 

1

0

1 (0.6%)

Culex eumelanomyia

C. eumelanomyia inconspicuosus

4

6

1

7

C. e. simpliforceps

6

16

1

17

Total

 

22

2

24 (15%)

Culiseta

Culiseta allotheobaldia longeareolata *

8

8

2

10

Total

 

8

2

10 (6%)

Anopheles

Anopheles coustani

1

11

0

11

A. squamous

1

1

1

2

Total

 

12

1

13 (8%)

Toxorhyncites

Toxorhyncites toxorhyncites brevipalpis

2

2

0

2

Total

 

2

0

2 (1%)

Aedes

Aedes aedimorphus albocephalus

1

1

0

1

Total

 

1

0

1 (0.6%)

Unknown (unidentifiable/missing parts/immature)

  

352

16

368

Grand Total

 

490 (94%)

34 (6%)

524

  1. Names in bold indicate the mosquito genera identified. Generic prevalence is indicated in brackets; known vectors are denoted by *. $The Culex culex pipiens complex includes Culex c. pipiens and C. quinquefasciatus which are often indistinguishable from each other.