Table 1 Summary of mosquitoes collected in aerial samples in 2013–2015

From: Windborne long-distance migration of malaria mosquitoes in the Sahel

 

Standard panelsa

Control panelsb

Taxa

Total captured

Mean panel density

Lower 95% CLMc

Upper 95% CLMc

Maxium per panel

Per cent nightly presence

Variance:mean ratio

Per cent female

Per cent post-blood feedd

Per cent infectede

Per cent anthropophilyg

Total captured

Mean panel density

Maximum per panel

A. squamosus

100

0.053

0.042

0.063

3

11.02

1.37

76.0 (96)

93.2 (73)

0 (73)

41.1 (17)

0

0

0

A. pharoensis

40

0.021

0.015

0.028

2

6.00

1.08

82.5 (40)

100 (33)

0 (33)

33.3 (6)

0

0

0

A. coustani

30

0.016

0.01

0.022

2

4.38

1.05

88.9 (27)

87.5 (24)

0 (24)

14.3 (7)

0

0

0

A. rufipes

24

0.013

0.008

0.018

2

3.24

1.16

80 (20)

93.8 (16)

0 (16)

0 (4)

0

0

0

A. coluzzii

23

0.012

0.007

0.017

2

3.08

1.16

95.5 (22)

90.5 (21)

0 (21)

100 (1)

0

0

0

Anopheles. Mali species 1

2

0.001

0

0.003

1

0.32

1

100 (2)

100 (2)

0 (2)

ND

0

0

0

A. gambiae

1

0.0005

0

0.002

1

0.16

1

100 (1)

100 (1)

0 (1)

ND

0

0

0

Anopheles sp. nr concolorf

1

0.0005

0

0.002

1

0.16

1

0 (1)

NA

NA

NA

0

0

0

Anopheles Mali species 2

1

0.0005

0

0.002

1

0.16

1

100 (1)

100 (1)

0 (1)

ND

0

0

0

A. namibiensis

1

0.0005

0

0.002

1

0.16

1

100 (1)

100 (1)

0 (1)

ND

0

0

0

Anopheles unidentified

12

0.006

0.003

0.01

1

1.78

0.99

33.3 (6)

100 (2)

0 (2)

ND

0

0

0

Culicinae

2,340

1.236

1.185

1.286

22

58.19

4.83

86.4 (1,866)

96.7 (1,629)

ND

ND

0

0

0

Culicid unidentified

173

0.091

0.078

0.105

8

17.18

1.92

62.9 (116)

91.8 (73)

ND

ND

0

0

0

Total Culicidae

2,748

1.451

1.397

1.505

23

64.18

4.92

84.5 (1,876)

96.2 (1,804)

ND

ND

0

0

0

Total insects

461,100

243.58

242.88

244.29

2,601

100

314.75

ND

ND

NA

NA

564

1.110

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