Table 2.
The number of mosquitoes collected in Chad preserved on silica gel by sex and gender, with the legs, those with the good matrix-assisted desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry spectra, and the percentage of identification after the first blind test
| Mosquitos species or genus | Number collected | Number with legs | Number of spectra of good quality | Percentage of identification to the species level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anopheles sp. ♂ | 44 | 38 (62.3%) | 18 (47%) | 94.4% (17/18) |
| Anopheles gambiae ♀ | 22 | 18 (81.8%) | 11 (61.1%) | 100% (11/11) |
| Anopheles rufipes ♀ | 10 | 5 (50%) | 1 (20%) | 100% (1/1) |
| Culex sp. ♂ | 13 | 11 (84.6%) | 7 (63.6%) | 100% (7/7) |
| Culex sp. ♀ | 99 | 97 (97.9%) | 67 (69%) | 91% (61/67) |
| Total | 188 | 169 (89.9%) | 104 (61.5%) | 93.3% (97/104) |