Skip to main content

Table 2 Species distribution of 3rd and 4th stage Anopheles larvae in different larval habitats in 3 villages in Mwea (April 2004 - March 2005)

From: Anopheles larval abundance and diversity in three rice agro-village complexes Mwea irrigation scheme, central Kenya

Village

Habitat type

An. arabiensis

An. funestus

An. pharoensis

An. rivulorum

An. Maculipalpis

An. rufipes

An. coustani

Total

identified

Kiamachiri

Rice field

228

5

13

5

1

0

0

252

 

Canal

25

0

1

1

0

0

1

28

 

Marsh

26

1

1

0

0

0

0

28

 

Temporary pool

107

4

8

1

1

4

1

126

Mbui Njeru

Rice field

84

0

4

1

0

0

0

89

 

Canal

24

0

6

0

0

0

0

30

 

Temporary pool

66

0

4

0

0

0

0

70

Murinduko

Rice field

871

33

92

18

38

19

9

1,080

 

Canal

165

2

6

2

1

0

4

180

 

Marsh

46

3

4

5

0

14

1

73

 

Stream poola

92

6

19

14

2

15

0

148

 

Temporary pool

166

4

22

0

3

7

7

209

 

Rock pool

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

 

1,900

58

180

47

46

59

23

2,313

  1. a Stream pool denotes puddles on stream edges and on stream beds