Table 2.
Mosquito capture, species richness and species diversity by sample site.
Region | Site | Effort (Nights) |
Month Sampled | No. Individual Mosquitoes Collected | Species Richness | Predominant Species at the Site | Species Diversity | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Western | Isecheno | 7 | August | 427 | 17 | Culex vansomereni | Coquillettidia fuscopennata | Culex annulioris | 1.652 |
Kakamega | 6 | Aug/Sept | 1363 | 26 | Culex vansomereni | Coquillettidia fuscopennata | Culex pipiens | 1.936 | |
Kisere | 1 | March | 112 | 8 | Culex vansomereni | Coquillettidia fuscopennata | Culex pipiens | 1.354 | |
Malava | 2 | March | 454 | 21 | Culex vansomereni | Aedes aegypti | Culex annulioris | 1.914 | |
Kitale | 2 | March | 340 | 16 | Aedes cumminsi | Culex pipiens | Culex vansomereni | 2.011 | |
Rift Valley | Teresia | 1 | March | 375 | 5 | Culex vansomereni | Culex annulioris | Anopheles funestus | 0.239 |
Kimonde | 2 | March | 2203 | 8 | Culex vansomereni | Culex univittatus | Culex bitaeniorhynchus | 0.248 | |
Lugari | 1 | March | 20 | 3 | Culex vansomereni | Aedes cumminsi | - | - | |
Nandi | 1 | March | 4927 | 5 | Culex vansomereni | Culex univittatus | Culex pipiens | 0.852 | |
Central | Ololua | 9 | Feb/March | 3066 | 23 | Culex vansomereni | Aedes tricholabis | Aedes dentatus | 0.609 |
Coastal | Shimba | 4 | December | 98 | 13 | Culex pipiens | Culex vansomereni | Culex zombaensis | 1.650 |
Sokoke | 10 | July/August | 697 | 22 | Culex annulioris | Culex vansomereni | Aedes chaussieri | 1.915 |