Table 2.
Culicoides species collected across the study sites.
| Culicoides species | Collection sites | Number and % | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawassa town | East Shewa | Gamo Gofa | Wolayita | Borena | Segen Valley | Oromia Special Zone | Jimma | ||
| C. imicola | 1512 | 775 | 228 | 113 | 133 | 196 | 696 | 1177 | 4830 (52.8%) |
| C. kingi | 142 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 419 | 316 | 328 | 926 | 2160 (23.6%) |
| C. milnei | – | – | – | – | – | – | 289 | 533 | 822 (9%) |
| C. schultzei | 28 | 20 | – | – | 80 | 488 | – | – | 616 (6.8%) |
| C. zuluensis | 89 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 130 (1.4%) |
| C. pycnostictus | 2 | 16 | 18 (0.2%) | ||||||
| Others | 5 | 16 | 98 | 17 | 161 | – | 275 | – | 572 (6.2%) |
| Total (%) | 1778 (19.4%) | 856 (9.3%) | 349 (4%) | 132 (1.4%) | 809 (9%) | 1000 (11%) | 1588 (17.4%) | 2636 (28.5%) | 9148 (100%) |