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Table 2 Distribution by species of the 595 anopheles caught in French Guiana in June–July 2011

From: Epidemiological and entomological studies of a malaria outbreak among French armed forces deployed at illegal gold mining sites reveal new aspects of the disease’s transmission in French Guiana

Molecular identification

Morphological identification

An. albitarsis s.l.

An. darlingi

An. nuneztovari s.l.

An. triannulatus s.l.

An. spp.

Total

An. albitarsis s.l.

48 (90.5 %)

4

  

11

63

An. darlingi

3

224 (90.0 %)

1

 

77

305

An. nuneztovari s.l.

 

2

83 (94.3 %)

1

59

145

An. triannulatus s.l.

1

 

3

6 (85.7 %)

5

15

An. spp.

 

19

1

 

47

67

Total of KI

52

249

88

7

199

595

  1. In italic values between parentheses, consistency between morphological identification and molecular analysis for each species