Research Article

Colombian Anopheles triannulatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Naturally Infected with Plasmodium spp.

Table 2

Anopheles species composition and proportion of Anopheles triannulatus from SE Colombia, collected October 2009–June 2010.

Municipality/localityYear, Month (no. of days)Number of
Anopheles collected
An. triannulatus s.l.
no. (%)
Predominant species (%),
others (%)

Leticia-LET
 (i) Km112009, October (2)6541 (63%)An. darlingi (23%), others (14%)
 (ii) Km62009, October (1)5645 (80%)Others (16%), An. darlingi (4%)
Total12186
Puerto Nariño-PNA
 (i) 12 de Octubre2009, September (1)280%An. darlingi (100%)
2010, Aug-Sep (2)43 (75%)Others (25%)
 (ii) Puerto Rico2009, September (1)2414 (58%)An. darlingi (25%), others (17%)
2010, August 3332 (97%)Others (3%)
 (iii) San Juan del Soco2010, September (4)4739 (83%)Others (17%)
2009, September (1)331 (3%)An. darlingi (97%)
Total16989
Tarapacá-TAR
 (i) Comunidad San Sebastián2010, Jun-July (6)19825 (13%)An. darlingi (83%), others (4%)
 (ii) Nueva Unión2010, October (4)4842 (89%)Others (9%), An. darlingi (2%)
 (iii) Puerto Nuevo2010, June (2)551 (2%)An. darlingi (80%), others (18%)
 (iv) Quinina2010, June (2)509 (20%)An. darlingi (56%), others (24%)
 (v) Santa Lucía2010, June (1)365 (17%)An. darlingi (83%)
 (vi) Ventura2010, June (2)11731 (28%)An. darlingi (70%), others (2%)
2010, June (2)5912 (20%)An. darlingi (71%), others (9%)
Total563125

Infection rate (IR): 1.20, CI: 0.03–6.53/with P. falciparum. IR: 0.85, CI: 0.02–4.63/with P. falciparum. Collected by HLC between 18:00 and 19:00 h.