Colombian Anopheles triannulatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Naturally Infected with Plasmodium spp.
Table 1
Anopheles species composition and proportion of Anopheles triannulatus from NW Colombia, collected January 2009–March 2011.
Department, locality
Year, month (no. of days)
Number of Anopheles collected
An. triannulatus s.l. no. (%)
Predominant species (%), others
Antioquia
(i) El Bagre-BAG, La Capilla
2009, January (6)*
585
12
An. darlingi (62%),
An. nuneztovari s.l. (28%),
others
2009, April (2)–May (4)
964
13
An. nuneztovari s.l. (50%),
An. darlingi (43%),
others
2009, August (6)
403
50
An. nuneztovari s.l. (57%),
An. darlingi (25%),
others
2009, December (5)
380
12 (2%)
An. darlingi (63%),
An. nuneztovari s.l. (33%),
others
Total
2,332
87
(ii) San Pedro de Urabá-SPU, El Caño
2010, February (5)
589
14
An. darlingi (67%),
An. nuneztovari s.l. (25%),
An. albimanus (5%),
An. pseudopunctipennis s.l. (0.5%),
An. punctimacula (0.5%)
2011, March (5)
143
25
An. nuneztovari s.l. (34%),
An. punctimacula (32%),
An. albimanus (14%),
An. albitarsis s.l. (1%),
An. darlingi (1%)
Total
732
39
Córdoba
Puerto Libertador-PLT, Juan José
2009, July (1)–Aug (5)
2070
0
An. nuneztovari s.l. (99%),
An. darlingi (1%)
2009, November (6)
121
0
An. nuneztovari s.l. (99%),
An. darlingi (1%)
2010, February (6)
1068
0
An. pseudopunctipennis (73%),
An. nuneztovari s.l. (25%),
others
2010, June (6)†
302
84
An. nuneztovari s.l. (70%),
An. darlingi (1%),
others
Total
3,561
84
Alternative site of collection for An. triannulatus: resting on the walls of the house: four, one, 13; resting on cattle: 21, 69, reported in Naranjo-Diaz et al., 2013 [30]. *Infection rate (IR): 1.51, CI: 0.04–8.15/with P. vivax VK247, collected by HLC, indoors, between 18:00 and 19:00 h. †IR: 1.20; CI: 0.03–6.53/with P. falciparum, collected between 21:00 and 22:00 h, resting on cattle kept in corrals in proximity to the collection site.
