Table 3.
Anopheles mosquito larval species composition in different habitats in the study area (November 2014–October 2016)
| Larval species | Habitat type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swamps | Borrow pits | Hoof prints | Pools at river edge | Rain pools | Pools in drying river beds | Rock pools | Tire tracks | Total | |
| Darge | |||||||||
| An. gambiae (s.l.) | 20 (35.1) | 151 (100) | 67 (100) | 1134 (99.3) | 362 (99.7) | 298 (100) | 129 (99.2) | 156 (99.4) | 2317 |
| An. christyi | – | – | – | 11 (0.9) | – | – | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.6) | 13 |
| An. pharoensis | 30 (52.6) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 |
| An. coustani | 3 (5.3) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| An. concolor | 2 (3.5) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| An. pretoriensis | – | – | – | – | 1 (0.3) | – | – | – | 1 |
| An. nili | 1 (1.8) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| An. ardensis | 1 (1.8) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 57 (100) | 151 (100) | 67 (100) | 1145 (100) | 363 (100) | 298 (100) | 130 (100) | 157 (100) | 2368 |
| Ghibe | |||||||||
| An. gambiae (s.l.) | 2 (66.7) | 88 (96.7) | 179 (100) | 381 (80.9) | 107 (92.2) | NA | – | 255 (99.6) | 1012 |
| An. christyi | – | – | – | 81 (17.2) | 5 (4.3) | NA | 1 (100) | 1 (0.4) | 88 |
| An. pharoensis | 1 (33.3) | 3 (3.3) | – | 2 (0.4) | 3 (2.6) | NA | – | – | 9 |
| An. rivulorum | – | – | – | 6 (1.3) | – | NA | – | – | 6 |
| An. pretoriensis | – | – | – | – | 1 (0.9) | NA | – | – | 1 |
| An. demeilloni | – | – | – | 1 (0.2) | – | NA | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 3 (100) | 91 (100) | 179 (100) | 471 (100) | 116 (100) | NA | 1 (100) | 256 | 1117 |
Values in parenthesis indicate % of total specimens identified in each habitat type