Table 3.
Frequency of anopheline species caught by each trap type over 40 trapping nights, and their medical significance as potential vectors of human malaria (PHM, primary; SHM, secondary), simian malaria (SM) and the filarial nematodes Brugia malayi and Wuchereria bancrofti
| Species | Medical importancea | HLC | MBT | HENET | MENET | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An. balabacensis | PHM [58], SM [59], B. malayi [60], W. bancrofti [60] |
162 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 175 |
| An. barbumbrosus (s.l.) | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |
| An. donaldi | SHM [61], B. malayi [59] |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| An. indefinitus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| An. kochi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| An. latens | PHM [62], SM [14], W. bancrofti [60] |
19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| An. maculatus (s.l.) | PHM [61], W. bancrofti [61] |
14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| An. peditaeniatus (s.l.) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| An. subpictus (s.l.) | SHM [45] | 16 | 0 | 56 | 15 | 87 |
| An. tessellatus (s.l.) | SHM [61], W. bancrofti [61] |
179 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 232 |
| An. umbrosus (s.l.) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Unidentified anopheline | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 20 | |
| Total | 403 | 1 | 146 | 34 | 584 |
Abbreviations: HLC human landing catch, MBT monkey-baited trap, HENET human-baited electrocuting net, MENET monkey-baited electrocuting net
aReference number