Table 3 Sibling species composition of the An. gambiae and An. funestus complex; a subset of An. gambiae s.l. primers was used for the identification, see Table 1
Species | Sibling species | Shamwana (%) (n = 485) | Baraka (%) (n = 1145) | Kashuga (%) (n = 324) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
An. funestus s.l. | An. funestus s.s. | 285 (58.8) | 580 (50.7) | n.a |
Did not amplify | 80 (16.5) | 53 (4.6) | n.a | |
An. gambiae s.l. | An. gambiae s.s. | 113 (23.3) | 492 (43.0) | 299 (92.3) |
An. arabiensis | 0 | 3 (0.3) | 5 (1.5) | |
Did not amplify | 7 (1.4) | 17 (1.5) | 20 (6.2) |