Table 2 Species diversity and abundance of morphologically identified Anopheles sp. mosquitoes collected in Laos (2018–2020)
Vector Status | Species | Attapeu | Champasack | Huaphanh | Khammuane | Luangprabang | Saravane | Savannakhet | Sekong | Xiengkhuang | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary | An. maculatus s.l. | 19 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 222 | 92 | 409 | 4 | 826 | 14.75 |
An. minimus s.l. | 4 | 10 | 2 | 105 | 0 | 152 | 21 | 56 | 57 | 407 | 7.27 | |
An. dirus s.l. | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 127 | 0 | 186 | 3.32 | |
Secondary | An. barbirostris s.l. | 56 | 61 | 24 | 14 | 258 | 25 | 4 | 384 | 739 | 1565 | 27.94 |
An. nivipes s.l. | 85 | 56 | 37 | 12 | 114 | 127 | 38 | 577 | 20 | 1066 | 19.03 | |
An. philippinensis | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 110 | 52 | 6 | 89 | 2 | 268 | 4.78 | |
An. aconitus | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 73 | 1.30 | |
Non vector | An. hyrcanus s.l. | 18 | 5 | 112 | 3 | 140 | 165 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 486 | 8.68 |
An. kochi | 3 | 3 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 1 | 159 | 43 | 441 | 7.87 | |
An. vagus | 1 | 15 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 168 | 3.00 | |
An. tessellatus | 0 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 88 | 1.57 | |
An. jeyporiensis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0.30 | |
An. umbrosus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.11 | |
An. argyropus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.05 | |
An. culicifacies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | |
Total | 199 | 248 | 431 | 184 | 656 | 921 | 182 | 1909 | 871 | 5601 | 100 | |
Percentage | 3.55 | 4.43 | 7.70 | 3.29 | 11.71 | 16.44 | 3.25 | 34.08 | 15.55 | 100 |