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Table 1 Absolute (n) and relative frequency (%) of field collected Anopheles specimens per landscape, Atlantic forest, Brazil, August-November 2012

From: Plasmodium falciparum in the southeastern Atlantic forest: a challenge to the bromeliad-malaria paradigm?

Landscape Traps Species Frequency Period of collection
n %
1-A Shannon An. (Ano.) fluminensis a 4 0.43 Mid October
CDC-LT An. (Ano.) intermedius 2 0.22 Late August
Shannon An. (Ano.) intermedius a 12 1.30 Mid October
CDC-LT An. (Ker.) bellator 1 0.11 Late August
CDC-LT An. (Ker.) cruzii 2 0.22 Late August
Shannon An. (Ker.) cruzii a 4 0.43 Mid October
Shannon An. (Nys.) strodei s.s.a 100 10.86 Mid October
Shannon An. (Nys.) triannulatus a 21 2.28 Mid October
Subtotal    146 15.85  
1-B CDC-LT An. (Ker.) bellator 5 0.54 Mid August
CDC-LT An. (Ker.) cruzii 27 2.94 Mid August
Subtotal    32 3.48  
1-C CDC-LT An. (Ano.) mediopunctatus 19 2.06 Mid August
CDC-LT An. (Ker.) cruzii 1 0.11 Mid August
Subtotal    20 2.17  
2 Shannon An. (Ano.) intermedius a 1 0.11 Mid September
CDC-LT An. (Ano.) mediopunctatus 12 1.30 Late August
Shannon An. (Ano.) mediopunctatus a 8 0.87 Mid September
Shannon An. (Nys.) albitarsis s.s.a 14 1.52 Mid September
Subtotal    35 3.80  
3 Shannon An. (Ano.) intermedius 14 1.52 Late October
CDC-LT An. (Ano.) mediopunctatus 2 0.22 Late August
Shannon An. (Ano.) mediopunctatus a 51 5.54 Late October
CDC-LT An. (Ker.) cruzii 1 0.11 Late August
Shannon An. (Ker.) cruzii 19 2.06 Late October
Shannon An. (Nys.) albitarsis s.s.a 2 0.22 Late October
Shannon An. (Nys.) galvaoi a 147 15.96 Late October
Shannon An. (Nys.) oswaldoi s.l. 13 1.41 Late October
Shannon An. (Nys.) triannulatus 14 1.52 Late October
Subtotal    263 28.56  
4 Shannon An. (Ano.) intermedius 2 0.21 Mid September
CDC-LT An. (Ano.) mediopunctatus 1 0.11 Late August
Shannon An. (Ano.) mediopunctatus a 1 0.11 Mid September
CDC-LT An. (Ker.) cruzii 1 0.11 Late August
Shannon An. (Ano.) mediopunctatus a 3 0.32 Mid September
Shannon An. (Nys.) albitarsis s.s. 14 1.52 Mid September
Shannon An. (Nys.) galvaoi a 58 6.30 Mid September
Shannon An. (Nys.) oswaldoi s.l. 8 0.87 Mid September
Shannon An. (Nys.) triannulatus 39 4.24 Mid September
Subtotal    127 13.79  
5 Shannon An. (Ker.) cruzii a 251 27.25 Late November
Shannon An. (Nys.) near pristinus 4 0.43 Late November
Shannon An. (Nys.) strodei s.s.a 40 4.34 Late November
Shannon An. (Nys.) triannulatus 3 0.33 Late November
Subtotal    298 32.35  
Total    921 100  
  1. aMorphological identification confirmed by DNA COI barcode sequences.
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