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Table 1 The total number and type of mosquitoes captured by the human landing catch (HLC), small size mosquito electrocuting trap (MET-SH), large size mosquito electrocuting trap baited with human (MET-LH, large size mosquito electrocuting trap baited with cow (MET-LC)

From: Mosquito electrocuting traps for directly measuring biting rates and host-preferences of Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus outdoors

Species

Capture method

HLC

MET-SH

MET-LH

MET-LC

Total catch

%

Anopheles spp.

      

 Anopheles arabiensisa

1824

2331

5631

5536

15,322

39.8

 Anopheles funestus s.s.

116

227

304

109

756

2.0

 Anopheles rivulorum

55

38

49

136

278

0.7

 Anopheles leesoni

11

4

27

22

64

0.2

 Anopheles funestus s.l.b

115

277

359

217

968

2.5

 Anopheles coustani

923

328

713

1330

3294

8.6

 Anopheles ziemanni

258

220

472

896

1846

4.8

 Anopheles pharoensis

118

86

182

193

579

1.5

 Anopheles squamosus

63

61

145

805

1075

2.8

 Anopheles maculpalpis

5

0

1

0

6

0.01

 Anopheles wellcomei

87

66

153

300

606

1.6

Other mosquito spp.

 Culex spp.

1573

1012

4078

5673

12,336

32.0

 Mansonia spp.

375

242

433

267

1317

3.4

 Coquillettidia

7

21

32

12

72

0.2

 Aedes spp.

4

0

0

1

5

0.01

  1. aOriginally identified morphologically as An. gambiae s.l. and then confirmed to be 100% An. arabiensis by PCR (All 1644 successfully amplified specimens)
  2. bAn. funestus s.l. which could not be identified to species because did not amplify
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Malaria Journal

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