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Table 1 Occurrence and abundance of mosquito larvae in rock pools on inselbergs in Kaduna State, Nigeria

From: Biodiversity of Microinvertebrates coinhabiting mosquitoes habitats in patchy rock pools on inselbergs within Kaduna State, Nigeria

Inselbergs (coordinates)

Altitude above sea level (m)

Height above surrounding area (m)

No. of pools examined

No. of pools positive (%)

No. of larvae collected (%)

Relative abundance of larvae

Larval no. per pool (density)

Sudan savanna

 Danmagaji

(11° 05′ 17.9″ N)

(07° 41′ 17.2″ E)

676

6

16

8 (50.0)

2196 (6.9)

274.5

137.3

 Dumbi

(10° 57′ 33.3″ N)

(07° 39′ 16.6″ E)

711

9

17

14 (82.4)

1202 (3.8)

85.9

70.7

 Dutsen-Abba

(10° 59′ 26.5″ N)

(07° 38′ 52.7″ E)

699

15

22

7 (31.8)

314 (1.0)

44.9

14.3

 Hanwa

(11° 07′ 14.2″ N)

(07° 42′ 13.4″ E)

677

18

29

25 (86.2)

5042 (15.9)

201.7

173.9

 Kufena

(11° 05′ 08.5″ N)

(07° 39′ 35.4″ E)

718

36

29

18 (62.1)

1086 (3.4)

60.3

37.4

 Wusasa

(11° 04′ 36.1″ N)

(07° 40′ 28.5″ E)

699

18

8

6 (75.0)

4210 (13.3)

701.7

526.3

 Zango-Aya

(10° 53′ 14.6″ N)

(07° 38′ 43.9″ E)

750

49

37

25 (67.6)

1200 (3.8)

48.0

32.4

Guinea savanna

 Baban-Sora

(10° 30′ 23.6″ N)

(07° 27′ 51.7″ E)

602

20

10

8 (80.0)

1636 (5.2)

204.5

163.6

 Chori

(09° 30′ 58.1″ N)

(08° 01′ 54.4″ E)

760

17

15

13 (86.7)

656 (2.1)

50.5

43.7

 Jere

(09° 34′ 03.5″ N)

(07° 25′ 48.0″ E)

597

35

21

20 (95.2)

2664 (8.4)

133.2

126.9

 Kagarko

(09° 29′ 08.3″ N)

(07° 41′ 50.1″ E)

680

16

10

8 (80.0)

869 (2.7)

108.6

86.9

 Kagoma

(09° 27′ 46.1″ N)

(08° 05′ 24.0″ E)

804

16

22

18 (81.8)

812 (2.6)

45.1

36.9

 Kajuru

(10° 19′ 14.9″ N)

(07° 41′ 02.4″ E)

732

47

21

14 (66.7)

1309 (4.1)

93.5

62.3

 Kangimi

(10° 43′ 13.9″ N)

(07° 34′ 17.4″ E)

656

4

24

21 (87.5)

1442 (4.5)

68.7

60.1

 Kufana

(10° 19′ 18.6″ N)

(07° 44′ 54.5″ E)

765

48

6

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.0

0.0

 Kujama

(10° 28′ 23.7″ N)

(07° 37′ 29.3″ E)

736

76

16

11 (68.8)

1429 (4.5)

129.9

89.3

 Kwoi

(09° 27′ 12.9″ N)

(08° 00′ 53.4″ E)

794

14

16

11 (68.8)

911 (2.9)

82.8

56.9

 Malali

(10° 32′ 41.8″ N)

(07° 28′ 15.9″ E)

616

18

10

10 (100.0)

3476 (11.0)

347.6

347.6

 Nok

(09° 28′ 46.3″ N)

(08° 01′ 19.3″ E)

811

67

14

8 (57.1)

242 (0.8)

30.3

17.3

 Samban-Gida

(09° 27′ 06.4″ N)

(08° 03′ 10.7″ E)

798

24

20

13 (65.0)

706 (2.2)

54.3

35.3

 Tudun-Mare

(10° 19′ 15.0″ N)

(07° 42′ 57.4″ E)

722

22

23

11 (47.8)

324 (1.0)

29.5

14.1

Total

  

386

269 (69.7)

31,726

117.9

82.2