Table 1.
Mosquitoes used for MALDI-TOF MS analysis
| Species | No. of specimens in database | No. of specimens used in blind testing | Species identified via GenBank | cox1 [31] sequence similarity (%) | ITS2 [32] sequence similarity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An. bancroftii | 3 | 7 | An. bancroftii | na | 100 |
| Ae. scutellaris | 5 | 10 | Ae. scutellaris | > 99 | na |
| Ae. aegypti | 10 | 30 | Ae. aegypti | > 99 | na |
| Ae. notoscriptus | 5 | 19 | Ae. notoscriptus | > 96 | na |
| Ae. vigilax | 5 | 20 | Ae. vigilax | > 99 | na |
| Ae. vexans | 5 | 20 | Ae. vexans | > 99 | na |
| Cx. quinquefasciatus | 9 | 30 | Cx. quinquefasciatus | > 98 | na |
| Cx. iyengari | 5 | 18 | na | na | na |
| Cx. sitiens | 5 | 20 | Cx. sitiens | > 99 | na |
| Cx. annulirostris | 10 | 30 | Cx. annulirostris | > 97 | na |
| T. melanesiensis | 5 | 20 | na | na | na |
| Total | 67 | 224 | – | – | – |
Abbreviation: na, not available