Table 2.
Mosquito species collected in Qinghai in 2007
| Species | Collection sites | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aedes | Geermu city | Xining city | Minhe county | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | Total | ||
| Ae. (Och.) detritus | 1,873 | 53.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,873 | |
| Ae. vexans | 0 | 0.0 | 1,280 | 96.3 | 871 | 26.4 | 2,151 | |
| Ae. sp* | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 197 | 6.0 | 197 | |
| Culex | ||||||||
| Cx. pipiens pallens | 1,647 | 46.8 | 49 | 3.7 | 343 | 10.4 | 2,039 | |
| Cx. modestus | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,848 | 56.0 | 1,848 | |
| Anopheles | ||||||||
| An. nigerrimus† | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 1.2 | 39 | |
| Total | 3,520 | 1,329 | 3,298 | 8,147 | ||||
*
Species could not be determined.
†
This is the first report of An. nigerrimus found in the northern region of China.