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Table 1 Sampling results for each mosquito species and overall results

From: Habitat characterization and breeding preferences of mosquito larvae in northwestern Spain: abundance, diversity, and species composition

   

Environmental variables of larval habitats

mean ± standard deviation (minimum–maximum)

 

N

D

Alt. (m)

Temp. (°C)

pH

EC (µS/cm)

DO (mg/L)

Tu. (FNU)

Sal. (PSU)

TDS (mg/L)

An.claa

37

(0.7%)

12

(3.6%)

414 ± 179

(33–703)

16 ± 1.4 (13.3–18.2)

7.3 ± 0.5

(6.1–7.8)

287 ± 579.6

(5–2022)

11.1 ± 7.7

(2.8–26.9)

3.5 ± 4

(0–11.7)

0.1 ± 0.3

(0–1)

143.5 ± 289.8

(2–1011)

An.maca

175

(3.3%)

31

(9.3%)

487 ± 305

(25–1041)

19.6 ± 4.2

(11.6–28.4)

6.8 ± 1

(5.7–10.4)

92.6 ± 80.2

(24–457)

8.1 ± 5.1

(3.1–24)

5.3 ± 6.9

(0–19.4)

0 ± 0

(0–0.2)

46.2 ± 40

(12–228)

An.pet

178

(3.4%)

57

(17.1%)

483 ± 227

(60–1070)

16 ± 2.2

(11–23.2)

6.8 ± 0.7

(5.3–8)

145.5 ± 271.3

(5–2022)

11 ± 7.5

(5.5–36.9)

3.7 ± 5.9

(0–19.9)

0.1 ± 0.1

(0–1)

72.8 ± 135.7

(2–1011)

An.pluma

7

(0.1%)

4

(1.2%)

302 ± 248

(57–516)

18.4 ± 6.6

(12.4–25.5)

6.6 ± 0.5

(6–7)

83 ± 42

(42–126)

6.3 ± 0.3

(6.1–6.6)

5 ± 8.7

(0–15.1)

0 ± 0

(0–0.1)

41.3 ± 21

(21–63)

Cx.hor

580

(10.9%)

36

(10.8%)

380 ± 322

(36–1070)

18.7 ± 4.5

(11.3–31.7)

6.6 ± 1.1

(3.9–9.2)

117.6 ± 86

(25–415)

7.2 ± 1.8

(3.6–10.1)

4.3 ± 6.5

(0–18)

0.1 ± 0

(0–0.2)

58.9 ± 43.1

(13–208)

Cx.imp

166

(3.1%)

24

(7.2%)

270 ± 222

(17–752)

17.7 ± 2

(14.1–23.5)

6.7 ± 0.6

(5.5–7.8)

253.1 ± 408.6

(23–2022)

10.1 ± 11.5

(0.1–36.9)

5.7 ± 7.4

(0–19.6)

0.1 ± 0.2

(0–1)

126.5 ± 204.3

(13–1011)

Cx.mim

12

(0.2%)

2

(0.6%)

459 ± 599

(36–883)

11.9

6.28

43

 

0.1

0.02

22

Cx.pipa

2556

(48.1%)

95

(28.5%)

373 ± 267

(0–1067)

19.3 ± 4.3

(11.3–34.9)

7.1 ± 1.0

(5.3–9.9)

238.2 ± 320

(23–2022)

7.9 ± 5.0

(0.1–26.9)

6.7 ± 7.7

(0–35)

0.1 ± 0.2

(0–1)

119 ± 160

(12–1011)

Cx.ter

688

(13%)

73

(21.9%)

385 ± 262

(4–1070)

17.6 ± 3.1

(11.3–28.4)

6.6 ± 0.7

(5.1–8.4)

140.9 ± 254.1

(0–2022)

8.9 ± 7.6

(0.1–36.9)

5.2 ± 6.9

(0–19.6)

0.1 ± 0.1

(0–1)

70.4 ± 127

(0–1011)

Cx.thea

34

(0.6%)

3

(0.9%)

539 ± 306

(351–892)

19.1 ± 2.5

(16.9–21.8)

6.5 ± 0.4

(6.1–7)

69.3 ± 71.1

(0–142)

18.7

2.7 ± 4.7

(0–8.2)

0 ± 0

(0–0.1)

34.7 ± 35.5

(0–71)

Cx.tora

641

(12.1%)

44

(13.2%)

466 ± 393

(0–1182)

18.9 ± 4.5

(11.8–31.7)

6.9 ± 0.9

(5.7–9.5)

116.5 ± 79.8

(24–324)

7 ± 2.2

(3.6–10.5)

8.2 ± 7.7

(0–20)

0.1 ± 0

(0–0.2)

58.1 ± 39.9

(12–162)

Cs.anna

12

(0.2%)

7

(2.1%)

324 ± 207

(17–646)

15.8 ± 2.2

(12.1–18)

6.6 ± 0.2

(6.4–6.9)

131.4 ± 58.4

(34–197)

6 ± 4.1

(0.1–10.7)

7.1 ± 7.9

(0–18.4)

0.1 ± 0

(0–0.1)

65.7 ± 29.3

(17–99)

Cs.lon

219

(4.1%)

21

(6.3%)

459 ± 340

(7–1067)

18.4 ± 3.3

(12.9–24.8)

7 ± 1.1

(5.6–9.5)

156.4 ± 91.2

(31–372)

6.2 ± 2

(3.5–10.1)

7.9 ± 10.4

(0–35)

0.1 ± 0

(0–0.2)

77.9 ± 45.8

(15–186)

Cs.sub

3

(0.1%)

3

(0.9%)

769 ± 497

(195–1070)

15.4 ± 4

(11.6–19.6)

6.3 ± 0.6

(6–7)

63.7 ± 49.2

(25–119)

11.1 ± 7.7

6.3 ± 6.1

(0–12.1)

0 ± 0

(0–0.1)

31.7 ± 24.2

(13–59)

Total

5308

(100%)

214

(64.3%)

418 ± 275

(0–1182)

18.2 ± 4.1

(11–34.9)

6.9 ± 0.9

(3.9–10.4)

158.7 ± 233.2

(0–2022)

8 ± 5.5

(0.1–36.9)

5.3 ± 7

(0–35)

0.1 ± 0.1

(0–1)

79.3 ± 116.6

(0–1011)

  1. Absolute (number of captures) and relative (number of captures over total) (%) abundance (N), absolute (number of sampling points with mosquitoes) and relative (number of sampling points with mosquitoes over total) (%) distribution (D), and environmental variables variation (mean ± standard deviation, minimum and maximum values) of the larval habitats of each species: An. claviger s.s. (An.cla), An. maculipennis s.l. (An.mac), An. petragnani (An.pet), An. plumbeus (An.plu), Cx. hortensis (Cx.hor), Cx. impudicus (Cx.imp), Cx. mimeticus (Cx.mim), Cx. pipiens s.l. (Cx.pip), Cx. territans (Cx.ter), Cx. theileri (Cx.the), Cx. torrentium (Cx.tor), Cs. annulata (Cs.ann), Cs. longiareolata (Cs.lon). and Cs. subochrea (Cs.sub). Alt. altitude, Temp. temperature, EC electrical conductivity, DO dissolved oxygen, Tu. turbidity, Sal. salinity, TDS total dissolved solids. a Species of medical–veterinary interest