Entomological Investigations on Malaria Vectors in Some War-Torn Areas in the Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka after Settlement of 30-Year Civil Disturbance

Table 2

Relative abundance of anophelinesby sampling technique in the Trincomalee District.

Anopheles species	Number and percentage (%) of mosquitoes collected by
	CBHC	CBNC	WTC	HC	LS
A. aconitus	5 (0.04)	17 (0.04)	—	—	53 (0.25)
A. aitkeni	4 (0.03)	—	—	—	—
A. annularis	600 (5.16)	1612 (3.81)	14 (0.78)	19 (0.18)	1038 (4.86)
A. barbirostris	564 (4.85)	3976 (9.39)	63 (3.52)	203 (1.91)	1975 (9.25)
A. barbumbrosus	17 (0.15)	311 (0.73)	5 (0.28)	13 (0.12)	278 (1.3)
A. culicifacies	94 (0.81)	8 (0.02)	4 (0.22)	2 (0.01)	1068 (5.0)
A. jamesii	138 (1.19)	764 (1.81)	1 (0.06)	—	79 (0.37)
A. karwari	—	3 (0.007)	—	—	—
A. maculatus	2 (0.02)	—	—	—	14 (0.07)
A. nigerrimus	1774 (15.26)	12938 (30.57)	217 (12.12)	452 (4.25)	5267 (24.67)
A. pallidus	521 (4.48)	808 (1.91)	26 (1.45)	60 (0.56)	1430 (6.69)
A. peditaeniatus	1209 (10.4)	18185 (42.97)	105 (5.86)	212 (1.99)	3109 (14.56)
A. pseudojamesi	71 (0.61)	430 (1.02)	—	—	81 (0.38)
A. subpictus	5419 (46.6)	2104 (4.97)	1143 (63.85)	9158 (86.18)	5278 (24.72)
A. tessellatus	38 (0.33)	88 (0.21)	1 (0.05)	4 (0.04)	52 (0.24)
A. vagus	1087 (9.35)	1052 (2.48)	195 (10.95)	473 (4.45)	980 (4.59)
A. varuna	79 (0.68)	29 (0.07)	15 (0.84)	30 (0.28)	645 (3.02)
Total	11622 (100)	42325 (100)	1790 (100)	10626 (100)	21347 (100)