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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Entomol. 2010 Sep;47(5):783–787. doi: 10.1603/me10051

Table 1.

List of predators collected from the marshes and positive percentage of Anopheles gambiae s.1.

Marsh
A
B
C
D
E
F
Total
No. Anopheles larvae/a dip
4.80
1.10
0.13
7.10
0.23
0.13
Predators No. tested Positive % No. tested Positive % No. tested Positive % No. tested Positive % No. tested Positive % No. tested Positive % No. tested Positive %
Amphibia
 Unidentified tadpole 24 41.7 24 41.7
  Total 24 41.7
Odonata
 Libellulidae (Pantala spp.) 20 70.0 29 75.9 49 73.5
 Zygoptera 8 50.0 8 50.0
  Total 57 70.2
Hemiptera
 Corixidae (Micronecta spp. A) 42 97.6 6 100.0 48 97.9
 Corixidae (Micronecta spp. B) 9 88.9 30 46.7 39 56.4
 Corixidae (Micronecta nymphs) 14 85.7 34 41.2 48 54.2
 Belostomatidae (Diplonychus spp.) 20 5.0 5 0.0 25 24.0
 Notonectidae 11 45.5 3 0.0 14 35.7
 Pleidae 3 66.7 3 66.7
 Mesoveliidae 2 100.0 9 88.9 11 90.9
  Total 188 62.8
Coleoptera
 Dytiscidae (Laccophilus spp.) 1 100.0 33 3.0 20 40.0 54 18.5
 Dytiscidae (species A) 1 0.0 1 0
 Dytiscidae (species B) 1 0.0 1 0
 Larva of Dytiscidae (unidentified) 1 100.0 1 100.0 4 0.0 1 100.0
 Larva of Hydrophilidae (unidentified) 4 0
  Total 61 18.0