Table 1 Numbers and percentage of Aedes specimens by different collection methods in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran during the entomological surveillance period, 2014–2020.
Collection date | Species | County | Larvae | adult | No. Species | Total (larvae and adults) | Larvae collection | Daily biting | Hand catch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||||||
2014 | Ae. vexans | Ma, No, Nos | – | – | 1270 | 97.09 | 2 | 1308 | 29.6 | + | |||
Ae. caspius | Ga, Ne, Nos | – | – | 38 | 2.91 | + | |||||||
2015 | Ae. vexans | Be, Sa, Sav, Am, Nos, Ra | 117 | 33.43 | 84 | 41.38 | 6 | 553 | 12.54 | + | + | + | |
Ae. echinus | Nos | 2 | 0.57 | – | – | + | |||||||
Ae. geniculatus | Be, Ne,Sa, Sav, Am, Nos, Ra | 231 | 66 | 114 | 56.16 | + | + | ||||||
Ae. flavescence | Nos | – | – | 1 | 0.49 | + | |||||||
Ae. pulcritarsis | Ne | – | – | 1 | 0.49 | + | |||||||
Ae. caspius | Sa | – | – | 3 | 1.47 | + | |||||||
2016 | Ae. vexans | Be, Ne,Sa, Sav, Am, Fe, Nos, Ra | 250 | 52.08 | 110 | 39.29 | 4 | 760 | 17.23 | + | + | ||
Ae. geniculatus | Be, Ne,Sa, Sav, Am, Fe, Nos, Ra | 230 | 47.92 | 114 | 40.71 | + | + | ||||||
Ae. pulcritarsis | Ne | – | – | 6 | 2.14 | + | |||||||
Ae. caspius | Be, Ne, Nos, | – | – | 50 | 17.86 | + | |||||||
2017 | Ae. vexans | Be, Ne, Am, Nos | 470 | 55.69 | 86 | 68.25 | 3 | 970 | 22 | + | + | ||
Ae. geniculatus | Be, Ne, Sa, Sav, Am, Nos | 360 | 42.65 | 40 | 31.75 | + | + | ||||||
Ae. caspius | Be, Ne, Nos | 14 | 1.66 | – | – | + | |||||||
2018 | Ae. vexans | Beh, Nos | 100 | 69.44 | – | – | 3 | 144 | 3.26 | + | |||
Ae. caspius | Nos | 2 | 1.39 | – | – | + | |||||||
Ae. geniculatus | Be, Nos | 42 | 29.17 | – | – | + | |||||||
2019 | Ae. vexans | Be, Nos | 58 | 70.73 | – | – | 3 | 82 | 1.86 | + | |||
Ae. caspius | Nos | 1 | 1.22 | – | – | + | |||||||
Ae. geniculatus | Beh, Nos | 23 | 28.05 | – | – | + | |||||||
2020 | Ae. vexans | Be, Ne, Am, Nos | 76 | 15.97 | 50 | 42.74 | 4 | 593 | 13.45 | + | + | ||
Ae. geniculatus | Be, Ne, Sa, Sav, Am, Nos | 390 | 81.93 | 40 | 34.19 | + | + | ||||||
Ae. pulcritarsis | Be, Ne | – | – | 7 | 5.98 | + | |||||||
Ae. caspius | Be, Ne, Sa, Sav, Nos, Ra | 10 | 2.10 | 20 | 17.09 | + | + | ||||||
Total | 2376 | 53.9 | 2034 | 46.1 | – | 4410 | 100 | ||||||