Table 1.
Female mosquitoes trapped on the Mornington Peninsula and screened by IS2404 PCR
| Species | Number of mosquitoes/number of mono-species pools screened for M. ulcerans (number of pools positive for M. ulcerans, IS2404a) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2016 to April 2017 | November 2017 to May 2018 | December 2018 to May 2019 | November 2019 to March 2020 | February 2021 to March 2021 | Total | |
| Aedes alboannulatus | 9/9 | 4/4 | 3/3 | 183/96 | 21/21 | 220/133 |
| Aedes australis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 | 1/0 |
| Aedes bancroftianus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/2 | 0 | 3/2 |
| Aedes camptorhynchus | 258/258 | 5/5 | 0 | 121/64 (1) | 8/8 | 392/335 (1) |
| Aedes clelandi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41/32 | 0 | 41/32 |
| Aedes flavifrons | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 31/26 | 13/13 | 45/40 |
| Aedes imperfectus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266/226 | 0 | 226/226 |
| Ae. notoscriptus | 174/174 (2) | 367/367 (8) | 1,793/1,779 (15) | 23,360/4,330 (14) | 1,247/1,247 (7) | 26,941/7,897 (46) |
| Aedes rubrithorax | 9/9 | 27/27 | 230/230 | 1,402/335 | 45/45 | 1,713/646 |
| Aedes sagax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 0 | 2/2 |
| Aedes theobaldi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| Aedes vigilax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 | 2/0 |
| Aedes vittiger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 | 2/0 |
| Anopheles annulipes | 1/1 | 24/24 | 4/4 | 751/376 | 1/1 | 781/406 |
| Anopheles atratipes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 | 2/0 |
| Coquillettidia linealis | 89/89 | 142/142 | 2/2 | 1,254/258 | 11/11 | 1,498/502 |
| Culiseta inconspicua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 5/5 |
| Culex annulirostris | 0 | 3/3 | 0 | 42/1 | 0 | 45/4 |
| Culex australicus | 3/3 | 198/198 | 17/17 | 4,910/534 | 33/33 | 5,161/785 |
| Culex cylindricus | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 160/81 | 0 | 162/83 |
| Culex globocoxitus | 0 | 24/24 | 0 | 3,207/854 | 9/9 | 3,240/887 |
| Culex molestus | 61/61 | 29/29 | 384/377 | 28,107/3,308 | 1,465/1,465 | 30,046/5,240 |
| Culex orbostiensis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131/69 | 0 | 131/69 |
| Culex quinquefasciatus | 3/3 | 257/257 | 37/37 | 1,098/401 | 163/163 | 1,558/861 |
| Tripteroides atripes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18/0 | 12/12 | 30/12 |
| Tripteroides tasmaniensis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15/13 | 0 | 15/13 |
| Total | 608/608 (2) | 1,080/1,080 (8) | 2,512/2,451 (15) | 65,112/11,011 (15) | 3,031/3,031 (7) | 72,263/18,181 (47) |
aPool size ranged from 1 individual up to 15 individuals.