Table 3 Diversity measures for the host “community” detected by each mosquito species based on blood-fed mosquitoes collected at the DeLuca Preserve, Florida, USA. “Host detection efficiency” is calculated as square of host species richness divided by the number of blood meals analyzed. Estimated species richness and sample coverage were not calculated for species with small sample sizes (n < 5) or species that did not detect more than one host species.
Mosquito species | Blood meals (n) | Host species richness | Host detection efficiency | Shannon index | Gini-Simpson index | Estimated richness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ae. atlanticus/tormentor* | 10 | 6 | 3.60 | 1.609 | 0.76 | 13.2 |
Ae. infirmatus | 286 | 15 | 0.79 | 1.337 | 0.522 | 15.5 |
Ae. mitchellae | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Ae. taeniorhynchus | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 0.693 | 0.5 | |
Ae. triseriatus | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | |
Ae. vexans | 5 | 2 | 0.80 | 0.5 | 0.32 | |
An. crucians s.l | 27 | 6 | 1.33 | 1.148 | 0.576 | 11.78 |
An. quadrimaculatus s.s | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | |
Cq. perturbans | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
Cx. coronator | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | |
Cx. erraticus | 38 | 14 | 5.16 | 1.972 | 0.748 | 53.43 |
Cx. interrogator | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Cx. nigripalpus | 1,021 | 63 | 3.89 | 2.589 | 0.847 | 84.03 |
Cx. pilosus | 292 | 12 | 0.49 | 1.03 | 0.424 | 12.99 |
Cx. territans | 29 | 6 | 1.24 | 1.58 | 0.768 | 6.48 |
Cs. melanura | 105 | 28 | 7.47 | 2.879 | 0.923 | 50.94 |
Ma. titillans | 5 | 3 | 1.80 | 0.95 | 0.56 | 3.8 |
Ps. ciliata | 16 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
Ps. columbiae | 160 | 4 | 0.10 | 0.315 | 0.131 | 4 |
Ps. ferox | 32 | 4 | 0.50 | 0.598 | 0.279 | 4.24 |
Ur. lowii | 6 | 4 | 2.67 | 1.242 | 0.667 | 26.5 |
Total | 2,051 | 86 | 3.86 | 2.61 | 0.82 | 105.2 |
