Table 1. a: Sibling species identification of primary malaria vectors. 1b: Blood-meal and sporozoite detection in Anopheles species caught.

Laboratory assay	Species tested	No. specimen	PCR-amplification rate	Species confirmed
Species identification- PCR	Anopheles gambiae s.l.	1556	1291/1556 (82.9%)	1291/1291 (100.0%) An. arabiensis
	Anopheles funestus s.l.	155	133/155 (85.8%)	71/133 (53.4%) An. funestus Giles
				55/133 (41.4%) An. rivulorum
				7/133 (5.3%) An. leesoni
Laboratory assay	Species tested	No. specimen	ELISA-detection rate	Host confirmed	Sporozoite confirmed
Blood-meal ELISA	Anopheles arabiensis	28	24/28 (85.7%)	14/24 (58.3%) Bovine	N/A
				6/24 (25.0%) Human
				4/24 (16.7%) Dog
Sporozoite ELISA	Anopheles arabiensis	1556	N/A	N/A	Plasmodium falciparum negative
	Anopheles funestus	155
	Anopheles coustani	955
	Anopheles pharoensis	431
	Anopheles squamosus	239
	Anopheles wellcomei	49
	Anopheles ziemanni	5607
	Total malaria vectors	8992