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Table 2 Mean (minimum-maximum) number of Culicoides individuals emerged from substrate samples per species, site and larval habitat type

From: Insight on the larval habitat of Afrotropical Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Niayes area of Senegal, West Africa

Species/Site

Pond edge

Lake edge

Puddle edge

Total number

 

Aa

Bb

Ca

Ac

Ba

C

A

B

Cd

 

C. oxystoma

49.8 (26–75)

26.3 (3–78)

1.3

10.8 (5–23)

1.3

56.5 (16–160)

568

C. similis

48.5 (6–99)

29.5 (3–54)

1.3

11.3 (9–20)

362

C. nivosus

37.8 (11–65)

1.5

1.5 (1–5)

3.5

41 (3–108)

341

C. kingi

10.3 (3–38)

6.3

0.3

67

C. enderleini

6.5 (1–22)

2.3 (1–8)

0.5

0.5

2.3 (1–8)

45

C. imicola

3 (1–7)

3.3 (2–5)

25

C. pycnostictus

1.3

5

C. moreli

1

4

C. leucosticus

0.3

0.3

2

C. expectator

0.3

1

  1. Abbreviations: A horse farm of Mbao; B horse farm of Niague, C horse farm of Pout
  2. aOne sampling site sampled
  3. bFour to six sampling sites sampled
  4. cOne to two sampling sites sampled
  5. dFour to five sampling sites sampled