Table 2.

State variables, expressions and (fixed) parameters of the SIMPOP model

Notation	Definition and units	Expression	Mean	Reference
E(t, TW)	Mean no. of simuliid eggs at time t and water temperature TW	Eqn. (1)	–	[23]
$\begin{array}{l}{L}_1\left(t,T_W\right);L_i\left(t,T_W\right)\\ 2\le i\le 7\end{array}$	Mean no. of 1st instar larvae and of 2nd to of 7th instar larvae at t and TW	Eqn. (2)	–	This study
P(t, TW)	Mean no. of pupae at t and TW	Eqn. (3)	–	[23]
N(t, TW, T)	Mean no. of nullipars at time t, water temperature TW and air temperature T	Eqn. (4)	–	[23]
Ψ(t, TW, T)	Mean no. of parous flies at t, TW and T	Eqn. (5)	–	[23]
V(t, TW, T)	Mean no. of vectors at t, TW and T	N(t, TW, T) + Ψ(t, TW, T)	–	[23]
ΔE(TW)	Duration of egg stage at water temperature TW (days)	11.493  exp(−0.0701TW)	–	[23]
ΔL(TW)	Duration of larval stage at TW (days)	87.527  exp(−0.0785TW)	–	[23]
ΔP(TW)	Duration of pupal stage at TW (days)	20.098  exp(−0.0699TW)	–	[23]
${\mu }_E^0$	Background per capita rate of eggs (day–1)	–	0.05	[23]
${\mu }_L^1$	Mortality rate of larvae due to larviciding (day-1)	$\left[-ln\left(1-{\epsilon }_L\right)-{\mu }_L^0\right]$	–	This study
β N	Per nulliparous fly rate of oviposition (day–1)	$\frac{{\epsilon }_N\left\{exp\left[-{\mu }_V\left(T\right)g\left(T\right)\right]\right\}}{g\left(T\right)}$	–	[23]
β P	Per parous fly rate of oviposition (day-1)	$\frac{{\epsilon }_P{\mu }_V\left(T\right)}{\left\{exp\left[{\mu }_V\left(T\right)g\left(T\right)\right]-1\right\}}$	–	[23]
ε N	Per capita mean no. of eggs per nulliparous fly	S. damnosum (s.s.)/S.sirbanum S. squamosum	432 492	[23, 62, 63]
ε P	Per capita mean no. of eggs per parous fly	S. damnosum (s.s.)/S. sirbanum S. squamosum	142 215	[23, 62, 63]
DBR	Daily biting rate (day-1)	Eqn. (6)	–	–