Table 1.
The total number and type of mosquitoes captured by the human landing catch (HLC), small size mosquito electrocuting trap (MET-SH), large size mosquito electrocuting trap baited with human (MET-LH, large size mosquito electrocuting trap baited with cow (MET-LC)
| Species | Capture method | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HLC | MET-SH | MET-LH | MET-LC | Total catch | % | |
| Anopheles spp. | ||||||
| Anopheles arabiensisa | 1824 | 2331 | 5631 | 5536 | 15,322 | 39.8 |
| Anopheles funestus s.s. | 116 | 227 | 304 | 109 | 756 | 2.0 |
| Anopheles rivulorum | 55 | 38 | 49 | 136 | 278 | 0.7 |
| Anopheles leesoni | 11 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 64 | 0.2 |
| Anopheles funestus s.l.b | 115 | 277 | 359 | 217 | 968 | 2.5 |
| Anopheles coustani | 923 | 328 | 713 | 1330 | 3294 | 8.6 |
| Anopheles ziemanni | 258 | 220 | 472 | 896 | 1846 | 4.8 |
| Anopheles pharoensis | 118 | 86 | 182 | 193 | 579 | 1.5 |
| Anopheles squamosus | 63 | 61 | 145 | 805 | 1075 | 2.8 |
| Anopheles maculpalpis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.01 |
| Anopheles wellcomei | 87 | 66 | 153 | 300 | 606 | 1.6 |
| Other mosquito spp. | ||||||
| Culex spp. | 1573 | 1012 | 4078 | 5673 | 12,336 | 32.0 |
| Mansonia spp. | 375 | 242 | 433 | 267 | 1317 | 3.4 |
| Coquillettidia | 7 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 72 | 0.2 |
| Aedes spp. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.01 |
aOriginally identified morphologically as An. gambiae s.l. and then confirmed to be 100% An. arabiensis by PCR (All 1644 successfully amplified specimens)
bAn. funestus s.l. which could not be identified to species because did not amplify