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 | Â | 92 | 13 | 105 (67%) |
Culex culiciomyia | ||||
C. culiciomyia cinerellus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | Â | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.6%) |
Culex eumelanomyia | ||||
C. eumelanomyia inconspicuosus | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
C. e. simpliforceps | 6 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
Total | Â | 22 | 2 | 24 (15%) |
Culiseta | ||||
Culiseta allotheobaldia longeareolata * | 8 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
Total | Â | 8 | 2 | 10 (6%) |
Anopheles | ||||
Anopheles coustani | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
A. squamous | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total | Â | 12 | 1 | 13 (8%) |
Toxorhyncites | ||||
Toxorhyncites toxorhyncites brevipalpis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Total | Â | 2 | 0 | 2 (1%) |
Aedes | ||||
Aedes aedimorphus albocephalus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | Â | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.6%) |
Unknown (unidentifiable/missing parts/immature) | ||||
 |  | 352 | 16 | 368 |
Grand Total | Â | 490 (94%) | 34 (6%) | 524 |