Table 2 Summary of species composition and density of anopheline larvae in the irrigated and non-irrigated villages in the Ziway area, Ethiopia, between November 2009 and October 2010
Types of breeding habitats | Mean larval densitya | Type of mosquito larval habitat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An. arabiensis | An. pharoensis | An. coustani | An. funestus | Total | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Irrigated villages | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Brick-making pits | 3.2 | 20 (1.5) | 16 (1.9) | 16 (5.1) | 0 (0.0) | 52 (2.0) |
Leakage pools from irrigation canal | 46.5 | 319 (24.5) | 280 (32.9) | 67 (21.2) | 19 (29.2) | 685 (27.1) |
Non-functioning canal pools | 29.3 | 139 (10.7) | 57 (6.7) | 41 (13.0) | 0 (0.0) | 237 (9.4) |
Rain pools | 12.4 | 292 (22.5) | 130 (15.3) | 63 (19.9) | 0 (0.0) | 485 (19.2) |
Agricultural field puddles | 41.9 | 530 (40.8) | 367 (43.2) | 129 (40.8) | 46 (70.8) | 1,072 (42.3) |
Total (% from row total) | 38.0 | 1,300 (51.3) | 850 (33.6) | 316 (12.5) | 65 (2.6) | 2,531 (100) |
Non-irrigated villages | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Brick-making pits | 4.1 | 56 (20.6) | 9 (11.5) | 8 (10.3) | -* | 73 (17.1) |
Leakage pools from irrigation canal# | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Non-functioning canal pools# | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain pools | 9.3 | 216 (79.4) | 69 (88.5) | 70 (89.7) | - | 355 (82.9) |
Agricultural field puddles# | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total (% from row total) | 6.7 | 272 (63.6) | 78 (18.2) | 78 (18.2) | - | 428 (100) |
Grand total (% from row total) | NA | 1572 (53.1) | 928 (31.4) | 394 (13.3) | 65 (2.2) | 2,959 (100) |