Table 1.
Mosquito composition and diversity data from collections performed in wildlife reserves in southern Africa 2017. Lettering in the first column corresponds to the letter in the map insert in Fig. 1
| Locality | Latitude, Longitude | Survey period | NTT ± SDa | NLT ± SDa | Net vs light trap P-valueb | % vectorsc | CCMd | CCMavd | CCMNTd | CCMLTd | H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | ||||||||||||
| A | Vilankulo | 21°57.1'S, 35°18.8'E | 21–28 January | 784 ± 662 | na | na | 93.7 | 2353 (13) [5] | 2205 (5) [3] | 2353 (13) [5] | na | 0.89 |
| Botswana | ||||||||||||
| B | Moremi Game Reserve | 19°07.1'S, 23°23.2'E | 20–23 February | 115 ± 93 | 163 ± 130 | < 0.001 | 76.2 | 1339 (27) [8] | 1020 (7) [4] | 689 (15) [6] | 650 (25) [8] | 1.74 |
| C | Khwai Community Conservancy Area | 19°07.3'S, 23°52.1'E | 20–23 February | 186 ± 128 | 399 ± 336 | < 0.001 | 64.2 | 1356 (18) [8] | 870 (4) [3] | 559 (12) [4] | 797 (16) [8] | 1.79 |
| Kruger National Park, South Africa | ||||||||||||
| D | Shingwedzi | 23°06.7'S, 31°27.4'E | 18–21 March | 17 ± 9 | 33 ± 10 | < 0.001 | 23.2 | 168 (20) [5] | 39 (6) [3] | 68 (15) [4] | 100 (16) [5] | 2.12 |
| E | Tshokwane | 24°47.1'S, 31°51.3'E | 24 March | 116 ± 56 | 33 ± 18 | < 0.001 | 68.4 | 414 (20) [6] | 283 (7) [4] | 348 (20) [6] | 66 (7) [4] | 1.71 |
| F | Skukuza | 24°59.1'S, 31°34.8'E | 22–23 March | 17 ± 6 | 19 ± 8 | < 0.001 | 74.3 | 109 (14) [4] | 81 (5) [3] | 52 (7) [3] | 57 (11) [4] | 1.80 |
| G | Lower Sabie | 25°7.2'S, 31°55.6'E | 25 March | 46 ± 8 | na | na | 76.9 | 91 (13) [4] | 70 (8) [3] | 91 (13) [4] | na | 1.76 |
| Other South Africa | ||||||||||||
| H | Lapalala Nature Reserve | 23°53.5'S, 28°16.0'E | 7–10 April | 30 ± 20 | 17 ± 11 | < 0.001 | 56.2 | 297 (19) [5] | 2,205 (5) [3] | 213 (15) [5] | 84 (13) [4] | 1.99 |
| I | Tswalu Game Reserve | 27°17.8'S, 22°28.1'E | 14–17 February | 2 ± 0 | 9 ± 9 | 0.01391 | 73.3 | 60 (6) [3] | 44 (3) [2] | 6 (2) [2] | 54 (6) [3] | 1.13 |
| J | Rooipoort Nature Reserve | 28°56.2'S, 24°10.1'E | 7–11 March | 115 ± 58 | 29 ± 20 | < 0.001 | 62.6 | 1000 (13) [4] | 626 (9) [2] | 689 (10) [3] | 311 (11) [4] | 1.40 |
| K | Kogelberg Nature Reserve | 34°19.3'S, 18°58.1'E | 9–11 February | 66 ± 34 | 73 ± 36 | < 0.001 | 96.7 | 695 (11) [4] | 672 (3) [2] | 331 (5) [2] | 364 (9) [4] | 0.24 |
Abbreviations: H, Shannon’s index, na, not available
a“NNT ± SD” and “NLT ± SD” denote the average number of mosquitoes captured each night in net and CDC light traps, respectively
bThe net vs light trap species composition significance test results analysis
c“% vectors” indicates the percentage proportion of mosquitoes that are known human disease vectors out of the total number of specimens
d“CCM” denotes community composition measures (number of mosquito specimen captured followed by the number of unique species collected in parenthesis followed by the number of unique genera collected in square brackets) for combined net and CDC light traps (CCM), for combined net and CDC light traps of known human disease vector species, for net trap collections only (CCMNT) and CDC-light trap collections only (CCMLT)