Table 4.
Monthly parous biting rates (MPBRs) by village, season, trapping technique and sibling species of the S. damnosum complex
| Region | Village | Season | Trapping method | Total S. damnosum s.l | S. damnosum s.s. /S. sirbanum | S. soubrense Beffa form | S. squamosum | S. yahense | S. sanctipauli |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brong-Ahafo | Asubende | Dry February 2011 | V/C | 877 | 877 | - | - | - | - |
| Human-Tent | 64 | 64 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Cow-Tent | 130 | 130 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Agborlekame | Dry February 2010 | V/C | 274 | 274 | - | - | - | - | |
| Human-Tent | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Cow-Tent | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Volta | Asukawkaw Ferry | Wet August 2009 | V/C - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Human-Tent | 389 | 0 | 383 | 5 | - | - | |||
| Cow-Tent | 98 | 0 | 35 | 12 | - | - | |||
| Dry March 2010 | V/C | 2608 | 850 | 113 | 1669 | - | - | ||
| Human-Tent | 447 | 48 | 64 | 337 | - | - | |||
| Cow-Tent | 447 | 38 | 127 | 288 | - | - | |||
| Dry February 2011 | V/C | 2360 | 1545 | 106 | 1414 | - | - | ||
| Human-Tent | 262 | 33 | 25 | 232 | - | - | |||
| Cow-Tent | 103 | 49 | 0 | 57 | - | - | |||
| Dodi Papase | Wet August 2009 | V/C | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Human-Tent | 96 | 0 | 0 | 96 | - | - | |||
| Cow-Tent | 56 | 7 | 0 | 48 | - | - | |||
| Dry March 2010 | V/C | 856 | ND | 66 | 727 | - | - | ||
| Man-Tent | 84 | 0 | 8 | 76 | - | - | |||
| Cow-Tent | 54 | 0 | 0 | 54 | - | - | |||
| Dry February 2011 | V/C | ND | ND | ND | ND | - | - | ||
| Man-Tent | 370 | 15 | 0 | 351 | - | - | |||
| Cow-Tent | 151 | 11 | 0 | 140 | - | ||||
| Pillar 83/Djodji | Wet July 2009 | V/C | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Human-Tent | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | |||
| Cow-Tent | 20 | - | - | 7 | - | - | |||
| Dry March 2010 | V/C | 3362 | 321 | - | 3142 | - | - | ||
| Human-Tent | 207 | 0 | 0 | 207 | - | - | |||
| Cow-Tent | 250 | 0 | 0 | 250 | - | - | |||
| Dry February 2011 | V/C | 4419 | 32 | 20 | 4429 | 0 | - | ||
| Man-Tent | 805 | 0 | 0 | 833 | - | - | |||
| Cow-Tent | 487 | 0 | 0 | 495 | - | - | |||
| Western | Bosomase | Wet August 2009 | V/C | 1006 | - | - | - | - | 1006 |
| Human-Tent | 223 | - | - | ND | - | 223 | |||
| Cow-Tent | 311 | - | - | - | - | 311 | |||
| Dry February 2010 | V/C | 355 | - | - | - | 120 | 225 | ||
| Human-Tent | 264 | - | - | - | 146 | 119 | |||
| Cow-Tent | 250 | - | - | - | 197 | 49 | |||
| Ashanti | Gyankobaa | Wet August 2009 | V/C | ND | ND | - | ND | 0 | ND |
| Human-Tent | 1213 | 25 | - | 9 | 83 | 1095 | |||
| Cow-Tent | 1139 | 93 | - | 0 | 28 | 1042 |
Estimates of monthly parous biting rates (MPBR) of host-seeking blackflies by locality, season, trapping technique and species. Some MBPRs are not available as none of the flies from that sample, or of that specific species were dissected for parity: Not Dissected (ND).