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Table 3 Percent composition of mosquito larvae species collected at various habitat types based on vegetation characteristics

From: Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of mosquito species during the dry season along the Mara River and its tributaries, in Kenya and Tanzania

Mosquito species

Short grass (%)

Tall grass (%)

Open sunlit (%)

Total (%)

An. gambiae s.l.

618 (39.1)

2 (0.1)

959 (60.8)

1579 (100)

An. funestus group

65 (81.2)

15 (18.8)

0(0.0)

80 (100)

An. coustani

299 (53.6)

255 (45.7)

4 (0.7)

558 (100)

An. pharoensis

40(62.5)

22 (34.4)

2 (3.13)

64 (100)

Culex spp.

620 (41.5)

37(2.5)

837 (56.0)

1494 (100)

An. ardensis

2 (66.7)

1(33.3)

0 (0.0)

3 (100)

An. azamiae

40 (76.9)

0(0.0)

12 (23.1)

52 (100)

An. christyi

8 (66.7)

3(25.0)

1 (8.3)

12 (100)

An. maculipalpis

75 (57.5)

0(0.0)

55 (42.3)

130 (100)

An. hamoni

15 (53.6)

0(0.0)

13 (46.4)

28 (100)

An. sergentii

1(0.0)

0(0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (100)

An. faini

0 (0.0)

0(0.0)

1 (100)

1 (100)

Total

1783

335

1884*

4001

  1. *Habitats with open sunlit produced the highest number of mosquitoes overall