Table 1 Mosquitoes collected from different collection sites in the district of Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia
Mosquito genera and species | Number collected at: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary forest | Virgin jungle reserve | Logged forest | ||||
Ground | Canopy | Ground | Canopy | Ground | Canopy | |
Am. orbitae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
An. Aitkenii group | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
An. barbirostris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
An. sp. a | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
An. balabacensis | 21 | 12 | 83 | 23 | 296 | 130 |
An. latens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
An. macarthuri | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 5 |
An. maculatus | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
An. watsonii | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
Arm. confusus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arm. jugraensis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Arm. sp. a | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Col. pseudotaeniatus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coq. crassipes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cx. sitiens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Cx. vishnui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Cx. (Lophoceraomyia) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Do. ganapathi | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
Pr. ostentatio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ph. prominens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Stg. albopicta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Stg. sp. a | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Ve. sp. a | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Total mosquitoes | 24 | 22 | 133 | 53 | 398 | 177 |
No. of collection nights | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 |
Mosquitoes/nights | 2 | 1.8 | 11.1 | 4.42 | 26.5 | 11.8 |