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Table 3 Anopheles species caught in different larval habitats

From: First record of Anopheles stephensi in Sri Lanka: a potential challenge for prevention of malaria reintroduction

Anopheles species

Number of anophelines caught in different breeding sites (%)

Wells

Cement tanks

Barrels

Ground pools

Lagoon margin

Total

An. barbirostris

10 (0.3)

0

0

0

0

10 (0.24)

An. culicifacies

797 (21.6)

41 (100)

0

34 (7.5)

0

872 (20.7)

An. jamesii

0

0

0

22 (4.9)

0

22 (0.52)

An. pallidus

3 (0.1)

0

0

0

0

3 (0.07)

An. stephensi

1506 (40.9)

0

38 (100)

0

0

1544 (36.65)

An. subpictus

179 (4.9)

0

0

392 (86.9)

0

571 (13.55)

An. varuna

1182 (32.1)

0

0

3 (0.7)

0

1185 (28.13)

An. vagus

6 (0.2)

0

0

0

0

6 (0.14)