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Table 1 A summary of the total number of mosquito genera and species caught by different sampling methods in this study

From: Development and evaluation of mosquito-electrocuting traps as alternatives to the human landing catch technique for sampling host-seeking malaria vectors

Taxon

Total per trapping method

Female

Male

Total

% Composition

HLC

MET

CA-EG

An. gambiae s.l.

3443

1786

330

5559

5

5564

30.08

An. funestus s.l.

772

650

121

1543

13

1556

8.41

An. coustani

664

49

26

739

0

739

4.00

An. pharaoensis

10

4

3

17

0

17

0.09

An. squamosus

46

19

14

79

0

79

0.43

An. wellcomei

5

1

1

7

0

7

0.04

An. ziemani

353

32

6

391

0

391

2.11

Culex

1815

829

383

3027

129

3156

17.06

Mansonia

3829

1429

1603

6861

64

6925

37.44

Aedes

10

1

0

11

0

11

0.06

Coquillettidia

30

12

5

47

2

49

0.26

Grand total

10,977

4812

2492

18,284

213

18,497

100.00

  1. HLC human landing catch, MET mosquito electrocuting trap, CA-EG commercially available electric grid trap