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Table 2 Abundance and diversity of morphologically identified Anopheles mosquitoes collected in Laos in 2014 and 2015

From: New insights into malaria vector bionomics in Lao PDR: a nationwide entomology survey

Anopheline taxa

CBC

HLC

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

An. minimus s.l.a

1865

13.2

882

6.2

2747

19.4

An. nivipes s.l.b

2207

15.6

501

3.5

2708

19.1

An. maculatus groupa

1658

11.7

222

1.6

1880

13.3

An. vagus

1688

11.9

61

0.4

1749

12.4

An. aconitusb

1286

9.1

210

1.5

1496

10.6

An. kochi

912

6.4

289

2.0

1201

8.5

An. hyrcanus group

400

2.8

372

2.6

772

5.5

An. philippinensisb

484

3.4

198

1.4

682

4.8

An. umbrosus

246

1.7

32

0.2

278

2.0

An. barbirostris s.l.b

174

1.2

93

0.7

267

1.9

An. tessellatus

117

0.8

42

0.3

159

1.1

An. jamesii

25

0.2

25

0.2

50

0.4

An. dirus s.l.a

10

0.1

33

0.2

43

0.3

An. splendidus

22

0.2

11

0.1

33

0.2

An. jeyporiensis

24

0.2

1

0.003

25

0.2

An. argyropus

20

0.1

0

0

20

0.1

An. pseudojamesi

6

0.04

13

0.1

19

0.1

An. pallidusc

7

0.05

0

0

7

0.05

An. crawfordi

0

0

4

0.03

4

0.03

An. varuna

1

0.007

1

0.007

2

0.01

An. aitkenii group

1

0.007

0

0

1

0.007

An. barbumbrosus

1

0.007

0

0

1

0.007

An. karwari

1

0.007

0

0

1

0.007

An. sinensis

0

0

1

0.007

1

0.007

Total

11,155

78.9

2991

21.1

14,146

100

  1. aPrimary vector
  2. bSecondary vector. A primary vector is a species of Anopheles mainly responsible for transmitting malaria in any particular circumstance. A secondary vector is thought to play a lesser role in transmission than the principal vector; capable of maintaining malaria transmission at a reduced level or at particular period of the year
  3. cAlthough An. pallidus has been recorded from Laos, it may be a variant form of An. nivipes as commented by Reid [55] and it is not present or removed from the lists of mosquitoes in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Malaysia