Table 1. Number of different mosquito species collected from aquatic habitats in Bungoma and Kombewa in Kenya in the months of November 2019 to November 2020.
Study site | Habitat | Larval Counts per Mosquito Species (n (%)) | ||||
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Type | N | An. funestus s.l | An. gambiae s.l | An. coustani | Culex spp | |
Bungoma | Man-made ponds | 26 | 553 (53)a | 81(37) | 0(0) | 15(47)i |
Natural ponds/rain pools | 12 | 100 (10) c | 2(1)g | 0(0) | 0(0) | |
Drainage ditches | 19 | 374(36) e | 120(54) | 0(0) | 3(9)k | |
Swamps/marshes | 21 | 8(1) | 18(8) | 0(0) | 14(44) | |
Tyre tracks | 2 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | |
Kombewa | Man-made ponds | 20 | 115(61)b | 67(9) | 33(32) | 162(19)j |
Natural ponds/rain pools | 11 | 25(13) d | 249(34)h | 24(23) | 188(21) | |
Drainage ditches | 17 | 40(21)f | 286(39) | 47(45) | 489(56)l | |
Swamp/marshes | 22 | 9(5) | 137(18) | 0(0) | 34(4) | |
Tyre tracks | 1 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | |
Bungoma | Total | 80 | 1035 | 221 | 0 | 32 |
Kombewa | Total | 71 | 189 | 739 | 104 | 873 |
N is the number of habitats and n is the number of mosquitoes of different species in each habitat type. a and b, c and d, e and f, g and h, i and j, k and l superscripts indicate statistical significance at P<0.05 between the number of mosquito larvae in each habitat type between the study sites.