Table 1.
Number of cibarial teeth, length and width of cibarial dome and cibarium of An. gambiae s.l
| Species | Median teeth number (range) |
Mean number of teeth |
SD (Range) | Mean length of dome (μm) |
SD (Range) | Mean width of dome (μm) |
SD (Range) | Mean length of cibarium (μm) |
SD (Range) | Mean width of cibarium (μm) |
SD (Range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An. gambiae s.s | 15 (13-19) | 15.7 | ± 1.54(13-19) | 1.04 | ± 0.12(0.8-1.2) | 1.73 | ± 0.21(1.2-2.4) | 4.12 | ± 0.48(3.2-4.8) | 2.32 | ± 0.31(1.6-2.8) |
| M form | 15 (13-19) | 15.5 | ± 1.57(13-19) | 1.05 | ± 0.13(0.8-1.2) | 1.73 | ± 0.24(1.2-2.4) | 4.16 | ± 0.26(4.0-4.6) | 2.40 | ± 0.28 (1.8-2.8) |
| S form | 16 (15-17) | 16.0 | ± 1.51(15-17) | 1.04 | ± 0.08(1.0-1.2) | 1.73 | ± 0.10(1.6-1.8) | 4.10 | ± 0.53 (3.2-4.8) | 2.07 | ± 0.30 (1.8-2.4) |
| An. melas | 14 (12-15) | 14.1 | ± 1.56(12-15) | 1.05 | ± 0.18(0.8-1.4) | 1.70 | ± 0.13(1.4-1.8) | 3.91 | ± 0.76 (2.8-5.0) | 2.24 | ± 0.26 (1.8-2.8) |