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Table 2 Distribution of Anopheles species across different types of larval breeding habitats in the lowland (Kesem), midland (Koka), and highland (Koga) dam and non-dam villages in Ethiopia, between October 2013 and July 2014

From: Malaria impact of large dams at different eco-epidemiological settings in Ethiopia

Site

Village

Type of breeding habitat

Number of positive mosquito breeding sites

Area of positive mosquito breeding sites sampled (m2)

An. arabiensis

An. pharoensis

An. coustani

An. funestus

An. cinereus

Total no. of Anopheles larvae found

Lowland dam

Dam village

Shoreline puddle

188

77.3

164

75

10

61

0

310

Rain pools

12

15.2

26

6

5

0

2

39

Man-made pools

8

4.9

8

0

9

0

1

18

Irrigation canals

63

56

248

89

26

63

0

426

Total

271

153.4

446

170

50

124

3

793

Non-dam village

Shoreline puddle

-a

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rain pools

18

49

177

110

51

0

0

338

Man-made pools

4

7.3

31

17

12

0

0

60

Irrigation canals

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

22

56.3

208

127

63

0

0

398

Midland dam

Dam village

Shoreline puddle

90

84.8

129

84

19

4

0

236

Rain pools

10

17.2

18

2

3

0

0

23

Man-made pools

15

14.5

37

3

8

0

1

49

Irrigation canals

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

115

116.5

184

89

30

4

1

308

Non-dam village

Shoreline puddle

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rain pools

12

37.1

47

27

9

0

0

83

Man-made pools

4

11

32

5

2

0

0

39

Irrigation canals

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

16

48.1

79

32

11

0

0

122

Highland dam

Dam village

Shoreline puddle

10

12.1

14

2

6

1

0

23

Rain pools

17

15.8

28

0

10

0

0

38

Man-made pools

2

1.5

4

0

2

0

0

6

Irrigation canals

28

54.8

65

17

14

2

0

98

Total

57

84.2

111

19

32

3

0

165

Non-dam village

Shoreline puddle

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rain pools

8

12.4

47

11

3

0

0

61

Man-made pools

3

6.1

8

5

0

0

0

13

Irrigation canals

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

11

18.5

55

16

3

0

0

74

  1. a- indicates that this type of breeding habitat did not exist