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Table 3 A key table indicates the collected species number, stage, abundance and positive RT-PCR samples from Khartoum state.

From: Role of Culex and Anopheles mosquito species as potential vectors of rift valley fever virus in Sudan outbreak, 2007

Species

Total no. of collected species

Stage

Species abundance*

No. of positive PCR samples

  

Larva

Pupa

Male

Female

  

An. gambiae arabiensis

16

16

-

-

-

3.2%

2L = 2

An. coustani

4

2

-

-

2

0.8%

-

Cx. pipiens complex

458

446

-

4

8

91.2%

22L+2F** = 24

Cx. poicilipes

22

16

2

-

4

4.4%

-

Ae. aegypti

-

-

-

-

-

0.0

-

Ae. mcintoshi

2

2

-

-

-

0.4%

-

Ae. vexans

-

-

-

-

-

0.0

 

Total

502

482

2

4

14

100%

26

  1. * Abundance = number of individuals of one species/total number of mosquitoes collected (approximated to one decimal).
  2. ** Ungravid female.