Table 4.
Vertebrate blood meals of Anopheles atroparvus and Anopheles daciae/messeae
| Mosquito species | Barn owl | Brown rat | Chicken | Cow | Hare | Rabbit | Sheep | Stock dove | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An. atroparvus | 0 | 2 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 83 |
| An. daciae/messeae | 1 | 0 | 23 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 39 | 67 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 149 |
Vertebrate blood meal hosts of a subset of Anopheles maculipennis (s.l.) identified by molecular methods as An. atroparvus or An. daciae/messeae; the latter species grouping is presented as such as specimens produced a 100% identity to both species in BLAST results