Table 2.
Distribution of Anopheles species across different types of larval breeding habitats in the lowland (Kesem), midland (Koka), and highland (Koga) dam and non-dam villages in Ethiopia, between October 2013 and July 2014
| Site | Village | Type of breeding habitat | Number of positive mosquito breeding sites | Area of positive mosquito breeding sites sampled (m2) | An. arabiensis | An. pharoensis | An. coustani | An. funestus | An. cinereus | Total no. of Anopheles larvae found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowland dam | Dam village | Shoreline puddle | 188 | 77.3 | 164 | 75 | 10 | 61 | 0 | 310 |
| Rain pools | 12 | 15.2 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 39 | ||
| Man-made pools | 8 | 4.9 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Irrigation canals | 63 | 56 | 248 | 89 | 26 | 63 | 0 | 426 | ||
| Total | 271 | 153.4 | 446 | 170 | 50 | 124 | 3 | 793 | ||
| Non-dam village | Shoreline puddle | -a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rain pools | 18 | 49 | 177 | 110 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 338 | ||
| Man-made pools | 4 | 7.3 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Irrigation canals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 22 | 56.3 | 208 | 127 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 398 | ||
| Midland dam | Dam village | Shoreline puddle | 90 | 84.8 | 129 | 84 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 236 |
| Rain pools | 10 | 17.2 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Man-made pools | 15 | 14.5 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 49 | ||
| Irrigation canals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 115 | 116.5 | 184 | 89 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 308 | ||
| Non-dam village | Shoreline puddle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rain pools | 12 | 37.1 | 47 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 83 | ||
| Man-made pools | 4 | 11 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | ||
| Irrigation canals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 16 | 48.1 | 79 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 122 | ||
| Highland dam | Dam village | Shoreline puddle | 10 | 12.1 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Rain pools | 17 | 15.8 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Man-made pools | 2 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Irrigation canals | 28 | 54.8 | 65 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 98 | ||
| Total | 57 | 84.2 | 111 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 165 | ||
| Non-dam village | Shoreline puddle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rain pools | 8 | 12.4 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61 | ||
| Man-made pools | 3 | 6.1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Irrigation canals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 18.5 | 55 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
a- indicates that this type of breeding habitat did not exist