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Table 2 Larval densities of each mosquito species collected from different breeding habitat categories

From: Anopheles culicifacies breeding in polluted water bodies in Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka

Species

Waste water

Built wells

Earth wells

Agricultural wells

Rainwater collection

Animal hoof prints

Burrow pits

Rock pool

Canal

Irrigation canal

Lake margin

Tank margin

Pond margin

Marshy land

Paddy field

Slow-moving water

Total (%)

An. culicifacies

81.6

63.5

4.7

0.0

6.7

0.0

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

44.0

An. subpictus

15.0

11.5

42.3

0.0

34.8

70.6

35.9

0.0

26.7

7.4

7.4

24.3

13.3

46.2

26.7

26.2

19.2

An. annularis

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.7

0.0

3.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

An. vagus

0.0

0.7

3.4

0.0

0.0

17.6

3.5

10.0

13.3

0.0

3.7

2.2

33.3

0.0

13.3

2.4

1.6

An. varuna

0.0

0.1

0.0

22.2

1.1

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

7.4

1.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

An. tessellatus

0.0

0.1

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

6.7

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

An. nigerrimus

0.5

4.2

12.8

77.8

5.6

11.8

21.5

30.0

46.7

14.8

63.0

15.2

6.7

46.2

46.7

11.9

8.7

An. barbirostris

2.0

11.6

33.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

22.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

24.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

50.0

13.2

An. barbumbrosus

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

13.3

0.0

0.3

An. jamesii

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.7

0.7

6.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

An. pallidus

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

2.2

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.0

22.2

0.0

5.4

6.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.3

An. peditaeniatus

0.9

7.7

2.7

0.0

49.4

0.0

12.5

60.0

6.7

51.9

14.8

20.5

33.3

7.7

0.0

9.5

10.3

An. pseudojamesi

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

Total (%)

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100