Table 1.
Prevalence of Wolbachia in mosquito species collected from different provinces of Sri Lanka
| Mosquito species | Province | Total | % infected | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | W | E | N | NW | SG | S | |||
| Aedes aegypti | 0/17 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/10 | 0/10 | – | – | 0/40 | 0.0 |
| Aedes albopictus | 33/33 | 1/29 | – | – | 9/29 | 10/10 | 9/26 | 62/127 | 48.8 |
| Aedes vittatus | – | – | – | – | 0/2 | – | – | 0/2 | 0.0 |
| Anopheles speciesa | 0/1 | – | 0/35 | – | 0/46 | – | – | 0/82 | 0.0 |
| Armigeres subalbatus | 4/4 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 7/7 | 100.0 | |
| Culex annulirostris | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0.0 |
| Culex gelidus | – | – | 0/4 | – | – | – | 0/2 | 0/6 | 0.0 |
| Culex mimulus | – | – | – | – | 0/5 | – | – | 0/5 | 0.0 |
| Culex quinquefasciatus | 5/17 | – | 0/13 | – | 8/17 | – | 2/3 | 15/50 | 30.0 |
| Culex triteaneorynchus | – | – | 0/2 | – | – | – | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0.0 |
| Mansonia uniformis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 3/3 | 100.0 |
| Mimomia elegans | 0/1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0/1 | 0.0 |
| Uranotaenia rutherfordi | 0/2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0/2 | 0.0 |
| Total | 42/75 | 1/31 | 0/55 | 0/10 | 17/109 | 10/10 | 17/40 | 87/330 | 26.36 |
Abbreviations: C Central, W Western, S Southern, N Northern, E Eastern, SG Sabaragamuwa, NW North-Western
a Anopheles species: Anopheles barbirostris (n = 10), An. jamesii (n = 13), An. karwari (n = 4), An. pallidus (n = 2), An. peditaeniatus (n = 15), An. subpictus (n = 18), An. tessellatus (n = 6), An. varuna (n = 7), An. vegus (n = 7)