Table 3.
Aedes species composition collected from island and mainland sites per study area using adult or immature trap types
| Aedes subgenus | Species | Trap | Lake Baringo |
Lake Victoria |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island | Mainland | Total | Island | Mainland | Total | |||
| Stegomyia | Ae. aegypti (L.) | CDC Lt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Dipper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 479 | 261 | 740 | ||
| Ae. luteocephalus (Newstead)a | Dipperb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 73 | |
| Ae. metallicus(Edwards) | CDC Lt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Dipper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 209 | 282 | ||
| Ae. simpsoni (Theobald)a | CDC Ltc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Ae. vittatus (Bigot)a | CDC Lt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 53 | |
| Dipper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 303 | 0 | 303 | ||
| Aedimorphus | Ae. hirsutus(Theobald)d | CDC Lt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| Dipper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ae. cumminsi (Theobald) | CDC Lt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 27 | |
| Dipper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Ae. dentatus (Theobald)a | Dipperb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ae. ochraceus (Theobald) | CDC Lt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dipper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ae. tarsalis (Newstead) | CDC Ltc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31 | |
| Diceromyia | Ae. furcifer (Edwards)a | Dipperb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Neomelanoconion | Ae. circumluteolus (Theobald) | CDC Ltc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ae. mcintoshi Huang | CDC Ltc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ae. spp. | CDC Lt | 0 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 31 | |
| Dipper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 89 | 189 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1,163 | 662 | 1,825 | ||
a Mosquito species not previously reported in Lake Victoria.
b Mosquito samples captured using Dipper only.
c Mosquito samples captured using CDC Lt only.
d Mosquito species not previously reported in Lake Baringo.
Dipper, standard dipper; CDC Lt, CDC light trap.