Table 1 Numbers and percentage of Aedes specimens by different collection methods in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran during the entomological surveillance period, 2014–2020.

From: Entomological surveillance of invasive Aedes mosquitoes in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran from 2014 to 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

   
  1. The first two or three letters of the Counties names were used in this table. These include: Galugah County (Ga), Behshahr (Be), Neka (Ne), Sari (Sa), Ghaemshahr (Gh), Savadkooh (Sav), Fereydunkenar (Fe), Amol (Am), Mahmudabad (Ma), Noor (No), Noshahr (Nos)and Ramsar (Ra).