Table 2.
Frequency and percentage (in brackets) of detected host taxa for the six most abundant species and information on the overall proportion of each host.
| Coquillettidia richiardii | Anopheles hyrcanus | Anopheles maculipennis s.l. | Aedes vexans | Aedes caspius | Culex pipiens s.l./torrentium | Sum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anas platyrhynchos | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.9) | 5 (0.2) | |||
| Anatidae | 1 (0.1) | 12 (1.5) | 4 (1.4) | 1 (0.9) | 18 (0.8) | ||
| Ardea purpurea | 10 (1.2) | 1 (0.4) | 11 (0.5) | ||||
| Circus aeroginosus | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Corvus corone | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Corvus fragilegus | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Cyanistes caeruleus | 5 (0.6) | 3 (5.4) | 8 (0.3) | ||||
| Cygnus olor | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Dendrocopos syriacus | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Egretta garzetta | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Falco tinnunculus | 1 (1.8) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Gallus gallus | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.1) | ||||
| Hirundo rustica | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | |||||
| Ixobrychus minutus | 3 (5.4) | 3 (0.1) | |||||
| Locustella luscinoides | 3 (5.4) | 3 (0.1) | |||||
| Motacilla alba | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Netta rufina | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Nycticorax nycticorax | 4 (0.5) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.7) | 7 (12.5) | 15 (0.6) | ||
| Parus major | 2 (3.6) | 2 (0.1) | |||||
| Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.1) | ||||
| Phalacrocorax carbo | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Streptopelia orientalis | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Strix aluco | 2 (3.6) | 2 (0.1) | |||||
| Upupa epops | 1 (1.8) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Homo sapiens | 55 (6.7) | 132 (16.7) | 40 (14.3) | 8 (3.5) | 14 (13.2) | 7 (12.5) | 271 (11.5) |
| Bos taurus | 185 (22.4) | 515 (65.1) | 157 (56.1) | 78 (33.9) | 46 (43.4) | 17 (30.4) | 1009 (43) |
| Bovidae | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | |||||
| Canis aureus | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.9) | 3 (0.1) | |||
| Canis lupus | 62 (7.5) | 10 (1.3) | 19 (6.8) | 7 (3) | 4 (3.8) | 8 (14.3) | 111 (4.7) |
| Capra hircus | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | ||||
| Capreolus capreolus | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.1) | ||||
| Chiroptera | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.4) | 4 (0.2) | |||
| Equus caballus | 140 (16.9) | 78 (9.9) | 21 (7.5) | 120 (52.2) | 25 (23.6) | 2 (3.6) | 391 (16.7) |
| Erinaceus europaeus | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Felis catus | 34 (4.1) | 3 (0.4) | 7 (2.5) | 1 (1.8) | 47 (2) | ||
| Lepus europaeus | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.8) | 6 (0.3) | ||
| Lutra lutra | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | ||||
| Microtus levis | 1 (1.8) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Mustela lutreola | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Mustela nivalis | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Nyctereutes procyonoides | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Ovis aries | 8 (1) | 4 (0.5) | 2 (0.9) | 2 (1.9) | 16 (0.7) | ||
| Pipistrellus kuhlii | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Rattus norvegicus | 4 (0.5) | 1 (1.8) | 7 (0.3) | ||||
| Rhinolophus hipposideros | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Sus scrofa | 299 (36.2) | 28 (3.5) | 25 (8.9) | 12 (5.2) | 11 (10.4) | 2 (3.6) | 382 (16.3) |
| blood-fed specimens | 1054 | 1454 | 568 | 343 | 234 | 88 | 3741 |
| succesful analyzed specimens 1 | 827 | 791 | 280 | 230 | 106 | 56 | 2290 |
| identified hosts per mosquito species 1 | 834 | 792 | 283 | 230 | 106 | 62 | 2307 |
| identified host taxa | 30 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
1differences between the number of successful analysed mosquito specimens and identified hosts results from a total of 17 mixed blood-meals.